阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写词数应为150左右。
I was a taxi driver, a father of a 16-year-old boy at that time. My son was good at school, and he would graduate from senior high school and go to university, but he was hesitating to choose his future job and he always changed his mind. I did give him advice but he didn’t follow it. And one Monday morning, I stopped at New York Hospital when I found a well-dressed man coming over. He was waving to me. I waited patiently until he jumped into the taxi. “La Guardia Airport, please.” He said.
As always, I wondered about my passenger. So I asked, “What do you do?” “I am working at the hospital.” For some unknown reason, I decided to ask for his help.
“Could I ask a favor?” He didn’t answer at first. But I continued, “I have a son, 16. He’s doing well in school. He will graduate from senior high school. He wants a job this summer. Is there any possibility that you might get him a summer job?” After a minute, he said, “The medical students have a research project. Maybe he could fit in. Have him send me his school records.” He searched his pocket and handed me a card.
That evening, when I got home, I pulled the card from my pocket. “Robbie,” I said proudly, “This could be a summer job for you. Send him your school records.” Robbie took the card and read it out loud, “Fred Plum, New York Hospital.” “Is this a joke?” he said in doubt. After I shouted and threatened to cut off his pocket-money, Robbie promised to send off his grades the next morning.
1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
Two weeks later, when I arrived home, the whole family waited for me excitedly.
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Paragraph 2:
Robbie got the job and did well at the hospital.
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假如你是光明中学高二（1）班的李华，上周你校举办了为期一周的“外语文化节”活动。请根据下表给你的英国笔友Leo写信，介绍文化节的开展情况。
光明中学第一届外语文化节
时间：2020年1月6日–1月12日
活动内容：
1．外籍专家讲座，主题：英语学习方法；2．英语演讲比赛；3．成立英语口语角。
注意：1. 词数100词左右；
2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。
Dear Leo,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。
Do you live in a city? You’ve probably noticed how noisy and crowded life in a city can be. 1. if you could live next to a calm lake instead?
As it turns out, 2. (live) near bodies of water – lakes, rivers, ponds, even oceans – can help us feel both happier and healthier. Those who live less than a kilometer from the coast are around 22 percent less likely 3. (have) mental health problems than those who live 50 kilometers or more away, according to a study by researchers from the University of Exeter, UK. People who visit the coast at least twice a week tend to experience 4. (good) general and mental health as well.
So how does “blue space” make us feel better? For one thing, aquatic environments tend to have less pollution and more sunlight, both of 5. linked to better mental and physical health. People who get more sun tend to be happier than those who do not.
There’s also the air above 6. sea. After spending time near the ocean, you might find that you feel more relaxed than usual. This is 7. sea air is charged with negative ions (负离子). These ions balance our levels of serotonin (血清素), a chemical that affects our moods. With 8. (balance) serotonin levels, we feel more calm and relaxed, according to Daily Mail.
Finally, people who live near water tend to be more 9. (physical) active, according to the Guardian. Water sports like swimming and rowing can help us stay 10. shape, which in turn keeps us healthy.
Today, I was sitting with some other students and teachers as the judges of the annual singing contest of Beijing National Day School (BNDS). Watching the wonderful performances on stage, I could not help________what happened last year.
Last year was the first year I came to the BNDS International Department. The first month at BNDS was almost a(n)________: Curiosity quickly________, replaced by a heavy workload. To make matters worse, I was ______a total stranger in a new environment. When I was in trouble, I was too________to turn to anyone for help. I shut the door to the outside world.
I thought I might continue to_______in darkness by myself, until one day, I saw the______of the annual singing contest. If I was not brave enough to communicate in words, maybe I could______my heart out. Having made my decision, I joined the audition (试镜). Luckily, I_______among more than 100 contestants and entered the top 32. After another three rounds of competition, I made_______to the finals together with three other contestants.________more and more students knew that I joined the contest, they went to watch my performance, volunteered to_______for me and then shared my singing videos on social media. It seemed that I became well-known overnight.
Finally, the big day came. When I________the nerve to walk onstage, I could not believe my eyes. The dark theater was suddenly lit up by________sticks, which were like stars in a dark sky. “Come on, Becky!” A shout broke the silence, followed by kind laughter. When it became_______again, I began to sing.
The music started, which drew me back to________. Now I might not remember clearly what songs I sang last year, but I would never forget the________in the darkness. From then on, I had my_______, made friends, and I even joined the singing club. Singing opens the door________a brand-new world. I know I will stay at BNDS, and I won’t be________.
1.A.scanning B.recalling C.evaluating D.conveying
2.A.disaster B.turning C.growth D.alarm
3.A.distributed B.split C.choked D.faded
4.A.practically B.vitally C.elegantly D.digitally
5.A.sceptical B.shallow C.shy D.sharp
6.A.struggle B.sacrifice C.withdraw D.crash
7.A.detail B.sample C.application D.poster
8.A.dial B.sing C.try D.let
9.A.dropped out B.came out C.stood out D.chewed out
10.A.myself B.it C.them D.itself
11.A.As B.Though C.While D.When
12.A.approve B.applaud C.vote D.qualify
13.A.filled in B.swelled up C.wound up D.got up
14.A.circulating B.linking C.crossing D.waving
15.A.stable B.quiet C.dull D.calm
16.A.truth B.fact C.reality D.case
17.A.lights B.devices C.receivers D.circumstances
18.A.companions B.fans C.opponents D.receptionists
19.A.of B.in C.to D.on
20.A.accessible B.casual C.abnormal D.alone
There are some popular family videos posted on Chinese social media. In these videos, a young child calls out to their mother or father; the parent enters the room smiling, turns around and calls out to their own parent; the grandparent then enters smiling and calls out to their parent – the great-grandparent.
The format of these videos is being described as the “four-generation challenge”. 1. People from all over the world have left comments and even made their own versions.
A Facebook user named Antoine Yupud wrote, “I have to give that to China. 2..” The “four-generation” videos have not only touched foreign viewers, but also given them a deeper look into Chinese family values.
In most East Asian cultures, it is common for many generations of a single family to live together under one roof. 3.. Many Western countries tend to have nuclear families, made up of just children and their parents.
4.. Kids usually move out of the family home after turning 18. Many apply for loans and work part-time jobs to pay for college and rent. If they choose to continue living with their parents after becoming an adult, it can be seen as a sign of immaturity or failure.
Although family structures in the United States may differ, the loving bonds between family members are common to both. 5..
A. Family devotion is usually a strong value.
B. This is called an extended family.
C. These videos have spread to social media in other countries.
D. Nuclear families gradually took the place of extended families.
E. In United States culture, independence is highly valued.
F. These videos have made many people miss their own grandparents.
G. That might be why the “four-generation” videos have gained popularity around the world.
I can’t stop looking at my phone, but I’m not alone.
Over 2.5 billion people have smartphones now, and a lot of them are having a hard time putting them down. The problem is, out devices are designed to be addicting. But if you understand the tricks that grab your attention, you can learn to have a healthier relationship with your phone.
It starts with turning off all notifications（推送通知）, except when a real human is trying to reach you. But a lot of today’s apps simulate the feeling of that kind of social interaction, to get you to spend more time on their platform. If Facebook sends you a push notification that a friend is interested in an event near you, they’re essentially acting like a puppet master, taking advantage of your desire for social connections so that you use the app more.
Today you can get notifications from any app on your phone. So, every time you check it, you get this grab bag of notifications that can make you feel a broad variety of emotions. If it wasn’t for random, if it was predictably bad or predictably good, then you would not get addicted. That’s the same logic behind slot machines（老虎机）. Some apps even copy the process of pulling a slot machine lever with the “pull to refresh” feature. Those apps are usually capable of continuously updating content, but the pull action provides an addicting illusion of control over that process.
Then, you have to make your screen grayer. The easiest way to attract your eye’s attention on a screen is through color. In eye-tracking tests, human eyes gravitate（被吸引）particularly to bright red. That’s why so many apps have redesigned their icons to be brighter, bolder, and warmer over the years. It’s also why notification bubbles are red. So just noticing that if I take out the color, it changes some of the addictiveness.
Finally, restrict your home screen to everyday tools. Make sure that your home screen, when you unlock it, doesn’t have anything except for the in-the-moment tools that help you like live your life.
If you’re not sure what counts as a bottomless vortex（漩涡）of stuff, it helps to filter out apps that use infinite scrolling. Infinite scrolling continuously loads new material so there’s no built-in endpoint. Video autoplay works in a similar way. These interfaces create a frictionless experience, but they also create a user’s sense of control and make it harder to stop.
Technology might not always look harmful. There are ideas for alternative interfaces that give you functional choices and are more transparent about how much time you’ll lose with one action, versus another.
But it’s a really deep philosophical question: what is genuinely worth your attention? Do people even know how to answer that question? It’s a really hard question, it’s not something we think about. But, for now, it’s a question that everybody needs to start asking.
1.Which is the most accurate word to replace the underlined word “essentially”?
A.basically B.necessarily
C.temporarily D.punctually
2.What does the author mean by mentioning “slot machine”?
A.Users can probably predict what the notification is before checking their phones.
B.Netizens can do gambling on the internet legally.
C.There’re a lot of similarities between apps and slot machines.
D.It’s unpredictability that makes phones addicting.
3.From the end of the article we can know that ______.
A.all the interfaces are not extremely addicting
B.we users are not enabled to choose but to waste time on technology
C.it’s philosophers’ job to reflect on the value of technology in information age
D.the development of technology cannot be changed back to the way they were before
4.We can learn from the passage that the author’s attitude to technology is ______.
A.negative B.concerned
C.positive D.indifferent
