1、There is now an overwhelming scientific ____ that global warming is indeed happening and that humans are contributing to it.
A. fiction B. purpose
C. consensus D. schedule
2、He is wearing a heavy overcoat as a_______against the cold.
A.prevention B.shelter C.protection D.defense
3、I hope I will not be called on in class as I'm not yet________prepared.
A.readily B.actively C.adequately D.attentively
4、____________ of 20 countries attended the G20 Conference, which would surely make a positive impact on world’s economic development.
A. Volunteers B. Astronauts
C. Delegates D. Athletes
5、__________ the bad weather , the delivery was put off.
A.As a result B.As a consequence of C.In consequence D.Owe to
6、We ’d better discuss everything _____ before we work out the plan.
A. in delight B. in debt
C. in demand D. in detail
7、I am “one in a million” ______, there are not many people like me.
A.In other words B.In a word C.On the other hand D.For example
8、—What a surprise! I _____________ you still away on holiday.
—But it __________only a fortnight before our new voluntary project begins.
A.think; is B.thought; will be C.had thought; was D.thought; is
9、He told me the news this morning ______ his father had come back.
A.which B.that C.Both A and B D.when
10、Most people said that pay was their main ______________ for working.
A. movement B. mention
C. method D. motivation
11、In the future, care for the environment will become very important as the earth's natural resources are _______.
A.pulling up B.running out
C.using up D.putting out
12、Climate change is projected to have far-reaching____ — including sea level rise flooding cities and shifting weather patterns causing long-term declines in agricultural production.
A.contributions B.confusions C.consequences D.feedbacks
13、He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ________ as a native speaker.
A. as fluent B. more fluent C. so fluently D. much fluently
14、There have been several new events _____ to the program.
A.add B.to add C.adding D.added
15、Mary ______ and saw that a bear was moving towards her.
A.turned down B.turned up C.turned on D.turned around
16、I grabbed Norms arm and ________ him around to face me.
A. pinned B. wrapped
C. spun D. sprayed
17、----How about your journey to Mount Emei?
----Everything was wonderful except that our car twice on the way.
A. slowed down B. broke down
C. got down D. put down
18、China has got a good_________ for fighting against Covid-19 with its careful and smooth organizaton.
A.reputation B.influence C.impression D.knowledge
19、Try not to start every sentence with “the”. ______ the beginnings of your sentences.
A.Vary B.Decorate C.Form D.Describe
20、—What do you think of the talent show last night, Jessica?
—Well, it was so boring that some people ________ during the show.
A. dropped by B. dropped off C. dropped behind D. dropped in
21、________ out of work for a few months, the couple had to take up the job of peddling.
A．To be
B．Being
C．Having been
D．Having
22、I have had my bike ________, and I’m going to get somebody ________ my radio tomorrow.
A．repair; to repair
B．repairing; to be repaired
C．repaired; to repair
D．to repair; repairing
23、If people don’t learn from this, his suffering and death were________.
A.in comfort B.in vain C.in despair D.in hope
24、 ______ is surprising to us is that Tom, for ______ English was once boring, can speak English fluently as though he were a native speaker.
A．What; whom
B．What; whose
C．It; whose
D．As; whom
25、The data shows the situations of the world economy,__________careful observation and detailed studies.
A.in the name of B.on the basis of
C.at the cost of D.in charge of
26、 I always felt sorry for the people in wheelchairs. Some people, old and weak, cannot get around by themselves. Others seem perfectly healthy, dressed in business suits. But whenever I saw someone in a wheelchair, I only saw a disability，not a person.
Then I fainted(昏倒) at Euro Disney due to low blood pressure. This was the first time I had ever fainted, and my parents said that I must rest for a while after first aid. I agreed to take it easy, but as I stepped toward the door, I saw my dad pushing a wheelchair in my direction! Feeling the colour burn my cheeks, I asked him to wheel that thing right back to where he found it.
I could not believe this was happening to me. Wheelchairs were fine for other people but not for me. As my father wheeled me out into the main street, people immediately began to treat me differently.
Little kids ran in front of me, forcing my father to stop the wheelchair suddenly. Bitterness set in as I was thrown back and forth.
＂Stupid kids! They have perfectly good legs. Why can’t they watch where they are going？＂I thought. People stared down at me，pity in their eyes. Then they would look away, maybe because they thought the sooner they forgot me the better.
＂I’m just like you！＂ I wanted to scream. ＂The only difference is that you’ve got legs，and I have wheels.＂
People in wheelchairs are not stupid. They see every look and hear each word. Looking out at the faces, I finally understood: I was once just like them. I treated people in wheelchairs exactly the way they did not want to be treated. I realized it is some of us with two healthy legs who are truly disabled.
【1】The author once ________ when she was healthy.
A. helped disabled people
B. looked down upon disabled people
C. imagined herself sitting in a wheelchair
D. saw some healthy people moving around in wheelchairs
【2】Facing the wheelchair for the first time, the author ________.
A. felt curious about it
B. got ready to move around in it right away
C. threw it away
D. refused to accept it right away
【3】The experience of the author tells us that ______.
A. life is the best teacher
B. people often eat their bitter fruit
C. life is so changeable that nobody can foretell
D. one should not do to others what he would not like others to do to him
【4】What is the best title for this passage?
A. How to get used to wheelchairs
B. People in wheelchairs should be equally treated
C. People with two legs are truly healthy
D. The difference between healthy people and the disabled
27、Why Is 2020 Called a Leap Year?
February 29 comes up on the calendar only every four years. A year with a February 29 might be good news if you are paid by the day or the week. But it might be bad news if you were born on a February 29.【1】.
American English has a term for the unusual situation. February 29 is called a leap day. And the entire 12-month period with a February 29 in it is called a leap year. This year, 2020, is such a year.
In a leap year, the dates jump over one day of the week. Let me explain. In 2017, the last day of the year, December 31, fell on a Sunday. In 2018, it fell on a Monday. In 2019, it fell on a Tuesday. But in 2020, December 31 will fall on a Thursday.【2】.
The reason for a leap day or a leap year is because our calendar does not follow the Earth’s orbit around the sun exactly.【3】. So every four years, we put all that time together into an extra day — or, what is officially called an intercalary(闰) day.
“Leap” is also an important word for two other common American expressions.【4】. If you want someone to investigate a situation completely before taking action, you might say, “Look before you leap.” The other expression is a phrase of hope. Urging someone to “take a leap of faith” means inviting the person to take action, even if not everything about a situation is known. Interestingly, both phrases are completely reasonable to say to someone who is about to get married. On that note, some people choose to marry on February 29 because it is an unusual date.【5】. Leap years were believed to be difficult, and leap days unlucky and a bad time to begin anything new. Whatever you think about them, the change in the calendar will be gone soon enough. Then we can return to normal, and leap over February 29 as usual.
A．One is a kind of warning.
B．That’s why we called it a Leap Year
C．It just leaped right over Wednesday.
D．Each year, we have a little time left over.
E．You have to wait three years in between birthdays!
F．As a verb, the word “leap” means to jump, or to move quickly.
G．Some ancient peoples would likely tell couples not to do it, however.
28、“EDUCATION is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school,” Albert Einstein once said. Confused? You’re still in school, so you are forgiven. Here, Einstein is referring directly to the idea of learning as a whole, rather than the simple acquisition of knowledge. Once someone has left school, they are not just meant to carry around a certificate stating their achievements; they should also have a way of thought that allows them to continue navigating their way through their entire life.
Yet in China, and many other Asian nations, much emphasis is placed on academic achievements, like grades or awards. Some of this can be attributed to Confucius and the imperial examination system in ancient China. There is nothing to be said against those students who pursue higher scores and more awards — striving for excellence is an important part of professionalism in any industry. But it’s really a pity to know that some people go out of their way just to gain these labels.
I’m sure many of us have heard of the Zhai Tianlin incident from a while ago. The already famous and accomplished actor, wishing to “rise above” his peers through academic achievements, has attempted to take shortcuts to success. Due to one of his papers’ having been found to be 40% plagiarized, Zhai has been expelled by Peking University from its postdoctoral stations. Beijing Film Academy has also revoked Zhai’s doctoral acting degree after he was found to have committed academic misconduct.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Zhai’s acting career is brought to a halt (停止) as well. So disastrous is the label of “academic misconduct” that a single case could ruin your entire credibility. When a student intentionally cheats through university, the value of the degree and the morals of the individual are diminished. This lack of credibility then follows you into the workforce and can impact your professional goals. For example, nobody wants a doctor who cheated to get his medical degree to perform a life or death surgery on them, or a bad engineer to build bridges.
At the very least, I want you all to remember that the entire point of an education is to foster a love for learning, not to gain some labels. As one of the first quotations by Confucius that I learned goes, “Isn’t it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”
【1】According to Albert Einstein, the purpose of education is to ______.
A．help students acquire knowledge
B．help students gain more certificates
C．help students achieve their professional goals
D．help students develop a lifetime passion for learning
【2】We can learn from the article that the author ______.
A．thinks that students should not achieve higher scores
B．believes that China’s education system has stopped people from pursuing the pleasure of study
C．quite approves of Confucius’ educational beliefs
D．feels concerned about Zhai Tianlin’s future after he was confirmed to have committed academic misconduct
【3】What does the author mainly want to express in Paragraph 4 ?
A．the author’s attitude toward Zhai Tianlin incident
B．the importance of honesty and moral behavior in academic settings
C．the consequences of academic misconduct
D．the qualities that a person needs in the workplace
29、Experts agree that good digestive health is important for absorbing nutrients from the food you eat. 【1】 Therefore, there are some tips for you.
【2】 Not only can these substances cause stomachaches in high quantities, but they slow digestion, causing constipation. They will also prevent you from being hungry for healthier foods, like high fiber foods.
Drink plenty of water. Water will increase the efficiency of your digestion by helping to soften and break down foods so your body can absorb the nutrients. It will also make regular bowel movements easier. 【3】 However, the amount you need will vary with your body weight, how active you are, and what climate you live in.
Eat many small meals rather than only a few large ones. 【4】 And eat these small meals at the same time every day so that your body can anticipate the meal and physiologically prepare.
Reduce stress in your life. Stress has been shown to cause weight gain, constipation, diarrhea and a lowered immune system. It will leave you to the bacteria that causes ulcers. 【5】 Regular exercise will also release certain chemicals and help you relax.
Seek medical advice if you have improved your diet and your lifestyle, but your digestive conditions remain.
A．Take low-calorie but high-fiber foods.
B．Eat less salty, sugary, and fatty foods.
C．Doctors sometimes recommend eight glasses per day.
D．If your body lacks water, you may get headaches and feel tired.
E．This will prevent you from getting extremely hungry and eating too much.
F．However, digestive problems can occur if your system isn’t running properly.
G．Meditation and other relaxation ways can help you to handle stress and help your digestion.
30、When I was a kid，my parents sent me to a summer camp in New Hampshire. At the _______we did tons of great things like swimming, sports and archery, but for me，the most memorable experience was an overnight trip of mountain climbing. If you’ ve ever_______a mountain, you know it's a _______challenge, especially when you’re carrying your food and shelter on your back. When campers got tired, they _______started complaining.
“ How much farther is it?”
“I can't go any further.”
“My _______is too heavy. Can you carry it for me?”
The reply of the _______ was,“ Suck it up(忍耐一下)！”. The _______ is that the complaining campers were nowhere near the point of _______. If they had been, the teachers would have noticed the signs and given them_______. The kids simply weren't used to the physical challenge. Once they realized they weren’t getting any sympathy, they ________the discomfort, and in most cases ________ having a great time. In my camp days, I don't ________a single camper complaining at the top of the ________.
There are two ways to deal with an ________ situation. You can complain, or you can make the best of it. If you complain, you might feel like you're getting that ________energy out, but you’re probably not going to cause a positive change. It’s much more likely that your complaining will cause the ________ of those around you. No one likes a complainer. They're ________ and they hurt the group. Complaining makes life________for everyone. Instead, if you determine to master your own ________, to move past it and focus on a ________, it’s my experience that you’ll realize it wasn't bad in the first place.
【1】
A．experience
B．camp
C．occasion
D．situation
【2】
A．climbed
B．described
C．seen
D．reached
【3】
A．ashamed
B．tired
C．puzzled
D．physical
【4】
A．especially
B．normally
C．certainly
D．obviously
【5】
A．backpack
B．food
C．shelter
D．water
【6】
A．parents
B．guides
C．teachers
D．partners
【7】
A．story
B．truth
C．joke
D．thing
【8】
A．camp
B．exhaustion
C．mountain
D．destination
【9】
A．sign
B．activities
C．gesture
D．care
【10】
A．believed
B．trusted
C．wondered
D．overcame
【11】
A．ended up
B．couldn’t help
C．insisted on
D．gave up
【12】
A．disturb
B．forget
C．recall
D．forgive
【13】
A．mountain
B．base
C．building
D．camp
【14】
A．unbelievable
B．unexpected
C．unusual
D．unpleasant
【15】
A．great
B．negative
C．spare
D．potential
【16】
A．respect
B．dislike
C．sympathy
D．enthusiasm
【17】
A．annoying
B．amazing
C．shocking
D．worrying
【18】
A．harder
B．easier
C．better
D．poorer
【19】
A．life
B．suffering
C．mind
D．mistake
【20】
A．discovery
B．problem
C．solution
D．hope
31、 During this May Day holiday, I was surprised to get an e-mail from a _______school classmate of mine. We hadn’t been in _______ with each other for such a long time that I nearly couldn’t _______ her name with her face.
In the e-mail, Xiao Yin _______ many memories with me. She told me that the class meeting that I held at Grade 5 _______ her life.
Xiao Yin’s words took me _______ to that class meeting. I remember the _______ was “Your Favorite Classmate”. I asked my classmates to _______ their favorite classmate’s name and the _______ for their choices. They should do it anonymously (匿名地). After a few minutes, I read out the slips (纸片) of paper to the class. As I got to the end of the slips, I saw Xiao Yin, one of the ________ girls in my class, sitting in the corner with her head __________. Her name hadn’t __________ on any slip of paper. All of a sudden, an idea __________ me. I __________ a piece of paper and read out: “My favorite classmate is Xiao Yin, because she is always working hard though she speaks little to others in class.” Xiao Yin looked up at me ________ and her ________ were full of excitement, doubt and even a few tears. After that, I forgot all about the meeting-that is, ________ I received Xiao Yin’s e-mail.
She said: “To this day I am still __________.” I’ve never thought that a ________ lie would change my classmate’s life. It taught me something about this other kind of lie, which is an act of __________.
【1】A.high B.primary C.middle D.graduate
【2】A.contact B.line C.agreement D.contract
【3】A.recognize B.exchange C.call D.match
【4】A.described B.told C.shared D.explained
【5】A.changed B.destroyed C.misled D.managed
【6】A.down B.in C.away D.back
【7】A.purpose B.theme C.saying D.question
【8】A.put down B.take on C.put off D.take up
【9】A.comments B.thoughts C.reasons D.causes
【10】A.prettiest B.tallest C.funniest D.shiest
【11】A.lowered B.covered C.folded D.switched
【12】A.listed B.mentioned C.appeared D.praised
【13】A.occurred B.struck C.discovered D.skipped
【14】A.picked up B.put away C.gave back D.turned in
【15】A.enthusiastically B.disappointedly C.fearfully D.surprisedly
【16】A.face B.cheek C.eyes D.fist
【17】A.after B.until C.when D.while
【18】A.grateful B.confused C.skeptical D.admirable
【19】A.black B.red C.blue D.white
【20】A.sympathy B.kindness C.generosity D.trust
32、This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series from the Hidden Brain team about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.
Mary Amato was having a(n) _________ crisis. She quit her job and became a stay-at-home mother after her first child was born.
People would say, “You _________ working.” and for Amato, that felt more like an accusation(指责) than a(n) _________ of fact.
“I had been working harder than I had ever worked and not getting a single paycheck or _________ from my social network,” she said.
_________, her husband, a(n) _________ science writer, did get recognition for his work. He won an award from a chemistry association. She joined him at a feast in California where he was praised for his work.
The room was filled with a lot of scientists, _________ men. It was a(n) _________ affair and the couple dressed up in a tuxedo(无尾晚礼服) and a formal black dress.
Eventually, the host _________ her husband with a very long list of his accomplishments. Then, he turned his __________ to Amato and gestured to her, “A homemaker and mother of two.”
Amato was __________. “I remember feeling a sense of __________, and I thought they must see me as stupid or as a traitor to the cause,” she said.
Amato became very self-conscious, too embarrassed to __________ with people after the speeches. So she just sat at her table staring at her dessert plate until an older female scientist walked up to her.
“She said, ‘I just want you to know that what you’re doing is so __________,’ ” Amato said.
Those simple words were exactly what Amato needed at that time and they completely changed her __________.
That moment happened years ago, but it still has a big influence on Amato.
【1】
A．marriage
B．identity
C．school
D．family
【2】
A．released
B．kept
C．stopped
D．continued
【3】
A．statement
B．possibility
C．evidence
D．result
【4】
A．trust
B．belonging
C．recognition
D．accomplishment
【5】
A．However
B．Thus
C．Likewise
D．Besides
【6】
A．easy-going
B．warm-hearted
C．self-employed
D．award-winning
【7】
A．mostly
B．partly
C．exactly
D．slightly
【8】
A．preparatory
B．celebratory
C．awkward
D．temporary
【9】
A．criticized
B．congratulated
C．addressed
D．introduced
【10】
A．construction
B．application
C．attention
D．invitation
【11】
A．embarrassed
B．guilty
C．doubted
D．blessed
【12】
A．humor
B．shame
C．responsibility
D．refreshment
【13】
A．agree
B．compare
C．communicate
D．compete
【14】
A．valuable
B．amazing
C．reasonable
D．convincing
【15】
A．fortune
B．option
C．mission
D．viewpoint
33、 It had been a long drive to the Veteran’s hospital. My brother and I had gone to __________my Dad who had been____________days earlier, weak, sick and confused. The __________had diagnosed him with pneumonia(肺炎) and found cancer cells in his brain. My Dad looked so _________ lying there in bed. It wasn’t just the _________ that was getting to him. It was also being so _________ his family and friends.
As I sat by his ___________, a little woman with a big smile__________ into his room. She was at least 80 years old but seemed to have the __________of someone 60 years younger. She was a volunteer _______handmade get-well cards from the local elementary school. Gently, she took my Dad’s hand and thanked him for his service to our country. It was the first time since he had gotten ___________that I saw my Dad smile. I__________her into the hallway as she left and___________her for lifting my Dad’s _______. “I am just sharing a little__________, sweetie,” she said with a smile as she walked into the next___________room to share a little more.
That 80-year-old angel reminded me again of what is_________ in this life: sharing our love. When we share our love, we create__________ not only in the hearts of those____________us, but in our own hearts as well. When we share our love, we find ourselves doing what we were always___________to do. When we share our love, we make our souls lighter, our lives brighter and the world better.
【1】A. invite B. amuse C. visit D. watch
【2】A. refused B. admitted C. hurt D. wounded
【3】A. family B. patient C. nurse D. doctor
【4】A. sad B. small C. bored D. calm
【5】A. work B. illness C. failure D. loneliness
【6】A. related to B. strange to C. far away from D. different from
【7】A. bed B. chair C. table D. window
【8】A. broke B. walked C. turned D. looked
【9】A. looks B. strength C. wealth D. energy
【10】A. delivering B. showing C. selling D. collecting
【11】A. hurt B. guilty C. sick D. bored
【12】A. forced B. watched C. pushed D. followed
【13】A. thanked B. questioned C. forgave D. blamed
【14】A. hand B. head C. spirits D. dreams
【15】A. love B. present C. time D. information
【16】A. nurse’s B. doctor’s C. patient’s D. women’s
【17】A. hard B. easy C. initial D. essential
【18】A. surprise B. joy C. security D. wonder
【19】A. within B. beyond C. around D. before
【20】A. meant B. ordered C. asked D. attracted
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.
Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.
The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.
Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.
"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.
Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.
"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much
35、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.
36、根据句意填空
In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.
37、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.
38、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
These days, football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Given that Neil Armstrong wanted to take a football to the Moon, we could even say that it is also the most popular sport out of this world! The history of the game goes back over two thousand years to Ancient China. It was then known as cuju(kick ball), a game using a ball of animal skins with hair inside. Goals were hung in the air. Football as we know it today started in Great Britain, where the game was given new rules.
That football is such a simple game to play is perhaps the basis of its popularity. It is also a game that is very cheap to play. You don't need expensive equipment; even the ball doesn't have to cost much money. All over the world you can see kids playing to their hearts 'content with a ball made of plastic bags; just like Pele did when he was a boy.
Another factor behind football's global popularity is the creativity and excitement on the field. It is fun enough to attract millions of people. You do not have to be a fan to recognize the skill of professional player-how they use their bodies to pass, score and defend can be amazing to see-or to feel the excitement of a game ending with a surprising twist.
What's more, football has become one of the best ways for people to communicate: it does not require words, but everyone understands it. It breaks down walls and brings people together on and off the field. Take, for example, the famous football game on Christmas Day 1914. World War I had broken out months before, but British and German soldiers put down their guns and played football together-one moment of peace to remember during years of conflict.
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, ...... “said Bill Shankly, the famous footballer and manager. “I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” This might sound funny, but one only has to think about the Earth to realize that our planet is shaped like a football.
39、假设你是李华，母亲节即将到来，你校学生会将举办摄影作品展（photography show）。请给你的英国朋友James写封信，请他提供作品参赛。信的内容包括：
1. 作品主题：《牵妈妈的手的》(Hold Mom’s Hand)；
2. 活动目的；
3. 投稿截止时间及作品展览时间和地点；
4. 投稿的邮箱：lovemother@smschool.com
注意：
1.词数100词左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear James,
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Yours,
Li Hua
40、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要
Paperless office was first coined in 1975. Four decades later, we’re still chasing the paperless office dream. Take the financial industry for example—it is one of the slower industries to hug digital transformation. Many financial institutions today still send out trade conformations by mail. I can tell you from first-hand experience that going paperless is by no means impossible. The Centric Digital office is a paperless work environment where all the office operations go digital, which has amazed our business partners.
Actually companies need to stress the benefits of a digital culture for communications. Going paperless can save time and money. You could say goodbye to costly repairs, office supply orders, wasted employee time and so on. Besides, forbidding paper in the office forces information to be 100% digital, where you can make endless amounts of backups (备份), which easily increase transparency(透明). Not to mention, top talents want to work for digital companies.
You might think the secret to a paperless company is purely technology. Well, not really. Thanks to products like iPads, smart-phones and cloud services, the ability to go paperless is highly accessible. Yet, even with all this technology, companies continue to rely on paper. It's not because they don’t have access to the technology, but because they’re lacking the politics, organizational structure and strong desire to change. In order to go paperless, companies need to change the way they think and operate. The decision needs to be made and cried out and everyone needs to work together to make it.
Yes, the paperless office has been a very long time in the making but it no longer has to be. With numerous amounts of software, services, apps and technology available today, the only thing we need to do is to make the decision to go paperless and see it through.
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41、疫情期间，开展线上教学，青少年由于看电脑，用手机时间过长，眼睛近视问题越来越严重，成为学校、家长和社会关注的热点问题。请你就此问题，并结合自身情况，就如何改善青少年近视问题给出合理建议，以“How to Protect Our Eyes ”为题写一篇作文。
Nowadays more and more students are becoming short-sighted,
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