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1.—Have you seen a lady's handbag on the__________（柜台）? I left it here a moment ago.

—What color is the bag? We found one really.

2.Only when women are enabled to become strong will our families, our economies, and our societies reach their fullest______________（潜能）。

3.According to the central bank, the new edition bills will__________（流通） in parallel with previous editions and will have the same face value.

4.About online education, in my opinion, there are many________（有效） ways of using videos in language teaching.

5.—A little disabled dog was found___________（抛弃） on the steps of the pet clinic.

—How cruel its owner is!

6.In view of lacking preparations for the competition and not wanting to lose face, Johnson e________ decided to drop out.

7.The boat whistled past, making the water in the river s___________ open.

8.It is generally a____________ that Internet addiction will have a disturbing effect on people's health and social relationships.

9.When the stranger was dragging him away, the baby reached out his hands in d__________ want of his mother.

10.—George, get down to doing your homework, OK?

—Oh, Mom. You know that I can't r_____________ watching TV.

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High on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 1.(lie) China’s “water tower” Sanjiangyuan. It is home to the headwaters of China’s three rivers: the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Lancang(Mekong) River. It is the three rivers 2. provide water for about half the population of China. However, human activities are putting this ecosystem 3. risk. Hopefully, though, we can repair this damage. In 2016, the Chinese government established Sanjiangyuan National Park in Qinghai province. The park, 4.(schedule) to open in 2020, has increased the area’s green coverage and attracted more wildlife. The local government has also made great effort to improve biological diversity. The success of Sanjiangyuan will mark the start of a 5.(green) future. With Sanjangyuan 6.(take) the lead, nine other regions in China 7.(choose) by a field conservation station to carry out projects over the past three years, 8. will form a national park system together. The idea of a national park system is still new in China, but9.(it) realization is urgent. After all, building an ecological civilization bears great  10.(important) in the development and progress of human civilization.

    One morning our new neighbor saw my grandfather planting two rare tree saplings(树苗）in our garden. And he also planted the same kind of tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather gave________enough amount of water to his plants and didn't always give them full ______while our neighbor gave a lot of water to his plants and ______them too well. My grandfather's plants were simple but looked good, _______our neighbor's plants were much fuller and greener.

Normally, in summer, we have strong thunderstorms called "Kalboishakhi" which can bring great damage to life and _______. After a "Kalboishakhi", my grandparents and I came out to________the damage to our garden and saw the neighbor was in his garden, too, but look ______as his plants were uprooted. Our plants weren't damaged and were standing ______ on the ground, our neighbor was______ to see this, and he came up to my grandfather and said with______, I actually looked after my plants better than you did for yours. ______, my trees came off from the roots, but yours didn't. How is this_______?"

My grandfather smiled and said, "You gave your plants more attention and water, so they didn’t have the ______to work themselves for anything. I gave them just the ample amount of and manure (肥料），letting their_______ search for more;thus they went deeper and made their position  stronger, That is why my plants________ With an expression of deep_______ our neighbour nodded_______It made me realize then that though my grandfather was ______with me on many occasions even during our vacations with his do's and don'ts, I became aware that anything ______got or can go off  that much more easily and we will not ______the hard work it takes earn those things. "

1.A.mainly B.nearly C.barely D.exactly

2.A.hope B.support C.time D.attention

3.A.dealt with B.looked after C.brought up D.waited on

4.A.and B.while C.so D.or

5.A.animals B.land C.environment D.possessions

6.A.predict B.analyze C.check D.confirm

7.A.tired B.upset C.bored D.ashamed

8.A.firm B.still C.bent D.abnormal

9.A.disappointed B.relieved C.frightened D.surprised

10.A.anger B.sorrow C.embarrassment D.anxiety

11.A.Anyway B.However C.Otherwise D.Therefore

12.A.possible B.exciting C.alike D.suitable

13.A.reason B.need C.chance D.power

14.A.branches B.trunks C.leaves D.roots

15.A.survived B.twisted C.spread D.delayed

16.A.admiration B.doubt C.regret D.sadness

17.A.public B.peace C.approval D.turn

18.A.strict B.annoyed C.patient D.content

19.A.occasionally B.mistakenly C.secretly D.easily

20.A.understand B.accelerate C.oppose D.undertake

    When you think about a deadly animal, you may think of a shark, a lion, or even an elephant. However, the truth is that the deadliest animal in the world is much smaller and more annoying. 1.And it feeds on human blood, transporting numerous diseases from one person to the next. Figure it out, yet? Yes, it's the mosquito.

The numbers don't lie: According to the World Health Organization, more than 725, 000 people worldwide are killed by mosquito-borne diseases each year. These diseases include malaria(疟疾） dengue fever, yellow fever, and encephalitis, 2."Being able to adapt easily to new environments is one of the reasons why mosquitoes are the most deadly, "Bums Blackwell, an expert in pest control said.

3.Mosquitoes have learned to lay eggs in as little as a few small drops of water and each female mosquito can lay between 50 and 500 eggs once. Their populations also reach the highest point at different times in different areas all over the world, making it nearly impossible to avoid being bitten4.

In areas where there' re too many mosquitoes, local authorities try to control the population through routine pesticide(杀虫剂）applications. "We should protect ourselves by avoiding places where there is too much water, "said Bernard Cohen, MD, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 5. Wear bug repellent(驱虫剂）that contains DEET(up to 30 percent)when heading outdoors, and reapply it about every four hours.

A.Most of the diseases can be cured in a short time.

B.There are more than 100 varieties of this thing on earth.

C.He also stresses that a little protection will go a long way.

D.And every bite increases the risk of getting a serious disease.

E.Mosquitoes take much interest in getting in touch with children.

F.Malaria is the most horrible, killing at least 600, 000 people a year.

G.Another reason the insects are so deadly is that they produce quickly.

    There will be days when you do not have much to do. Perhaps because you are waiting for someone else in a different department or a different company to respond to a request. As the clock ticks past 5 pm, there may be no purpose in staying at your desk. But you can see you hard at work and, more important. they can see you. So you make an effort to look busy.

Some of this may he a self-perpetuating(白生自存）cycle. If bosses do not like to go home before their workers, and workers fear leaving before their bosses, everyone is trapped. Staff may feel that they will not get a pay rise, or a promotion, if they are not seen to be putting in maximum effort. This is easily confused with long hours. Managers, who are often no good at judging employees 'performance, use time in the office as an alternative.

The consequence is often wasted effort. Rather than work hard, you work hard to make bosses think that you are. Leaving a jacket on your office chair, walking around purposefully with a notebook or clipboard and sending out emails at odd hours are three of the best-known tricks. After a while this can result in collective self-cheat that this pretence is actual work.

But presenteeism(出勤）has more serious consequences. As well as reducing productivity, this can increase medical expenses for the employer. According to a study, these costs can be six times higher for employers than the costs of absenteeism among workers. To take one example, research published in the British Medical Journal found that Japanese employees with lower-back pain were three times more likely to turn up for work than in Britain. As a result, those workers were more likely to experience greater pain and to suffer from depression. What could be more upset than being in pain while feeling trapped at work?

None of this is to say that employers haven't the right to expect workers to be in the office for an acceptable proportion of time. Unavoidably there will be a need for some(preferably short)meetings. Dealing with colleagues face-to-face creates a feeling of trust and friendship, allows for a useful exchange of ideas and enables workers to have a better sense of their needs.

But modern machinery like smartphones and laptops is portable. It can be used as easily at home as in the office. Turing an office into a prison, with prisoners allowed home for the evenings, does nothing for the creativity that is increasingly demanded of office workers as routine tasks are automated. To be productive you need presence of mind, not being present in the flesh.

1.Why do employees still stay at their desk after work?

A.To keep their bosses company.

B.To get more overtime allowance.

C.To put extra efforts into their work.

D.To give their bosses a good impression.

2.One of the consequences of presenteeism is that___________?

A.employers will pay workers higher wages

B.workers will suffer physically and mentally

C.workers will perform their job more efficiently

D.the effort put in by workers will finally pay off

3.Working in the office for some time can help_________?

A.build better social bonds

B.bring bosses more profits

C.organize a meeting efficiently

D.satisfy workers 'material needs

4.What would the author probably agree with?

A.Presenteeism can't help develop creativity.

B.Absence from work reduces productivity.

C.Presence at work will be more joyful.

D.Technology makes life puzzling.

    The problem of robocalls (自动语言电话） has gotten so bad that many people now refuse to pick up calls from numbers they don't know. By next year, half of the calls we receive will be scams(欺诈).We are finally waking up to the seriousness of the problem by supporting and developing a group of tools, apps and approaches intended to prevent scammers from getting through. Unfortunately, It’s too little, too late. By the time these "solutions" become widely available, scammers will have moved into cleverer means. In the near future, it's not just going to be number you see on your screen that will be in doubt. Soon you will also question whether the voice you're hearing is actually real.

That's because there are a number of powerful voice processing and automation technologies that are about to become widely available for anyone to use. At this year's I/O Conference, a company showed a new voice technology able to produce such a persuasive human-sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist and book a reservation without being found.

These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse. The reason why robocalls are a headache has less to do with amount than accurateness. A decade of data violation of personal information has led to a solution where scammers can easily learn your mother's name, and far more. Armed with this knowledge, they're able to carry out individually targeted campaigns to cheat people. This means, for example, that a scammer could call you from what looks to be a familiar number and talk to you using a voice that sounds exactly like your bank teller's, tricking you into "confirming" your address, mother's name, and card number. Scammers follow money, so companies will be the worst hit. A lot of business is still done over the phone, and much of it is based on trust and existing relationships. Voice processing technologies may weaken that gradually.

We need to deal with the insecure nature of our telecom networks. Phone consumers need to work together to find ways of determining and communicating what is real. That might mean either developing a uniform way to mark videos and images, showing when and who they were made by, or abandoning phone calls altogether and moving towards data-based communications-using apps like FaceTime or WhatsApp, which can be lied to your identity.

Reliability is hard to earn but easy to lose, and the problem is only going harder from now on.

1.How does the author feel about the solutions to the problem of robocalls?

A.Panicked.

B.Confused.

C.Embarrassed.

D.Disappointed.

2.Taking advantage of the new technologies, scammers can____________?

A.aim at victims accurately

B.damage databases easily

C.start campaigns rapidly

D.spread information widely

3.What does the passage want to say______________?

A.Honesty is the best quality.

B.Technologies can be double-edged.

C.There are more solutions than problems.

D.Reliability holds the key to development.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Where the Problem of Robocalls Is Rooted

B.Who is to Blame for the Problem of Robocalls

C.Why Robocalls Are About to Get More Dangerous

D.How Robocalls Are Affecting the World of Technology

    In real life. Max Levy is a happy 5-year-old boy who battles hemophilia(血友病）。However, in the pages of Marvel Comics, he is “Iron Max, fighting crime and helping others. Both of the are superheroes. "Since he was a baby he's been told what he can't do and now it's kind of delighted to see what he can do, and he can be anything-he can be a superhero, his father, Dan levy, told NBC News. "That's just the coolest thing. "

Max's transformation to "Iron Max" began when he was 3 years old and had to go to the hospital to have a metal disk put into his chest to facilitate his hemophilia. His father told him he was just like Iron Man, who had the same thing in his chest that gives him new abilities to go along with the ones from his special armored suit. Dan Levy then used the hashtag(标签）＃ironmax on the social media to update family and friends on his condition after the operation.

A charitable act by Max's sister Zoe, 8, who was selling calendars with pictures of Max to support kids with hemophilia being treated at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, soon came to the attention of Marvel. The creators of Iron Man then decided officially to make Max a superhero by putting him in one of their comics right alongside Iron Man himself.

＂I'm not a crier, I'm not-it was really the first time, I just came into the room, and I just cried, "his father told NBC News." It's been a year and a half… honestly not great, this kid should gain a win. ”In the Marvel comic, Iron Man's friend, Tony Stark, meets Mar during a visit to a children's hospital and creates a special armored suit just for him. The two then prepare to fight against Doctor Doom.

＂I think it's pretty cool being in a comic book, "Max told NBC News. "Like it's really cool. I'm making other children not scared because there's a kid who's a superhero and they would like to be that I guess. "By putting "Iron Max" in a well-known comic, the hope is also that it brings more attention to other kids with hemophilia, a disorder that prevents blood from clotting (凝结结块） properly. “This can help other kids with hemophilia and people with other diseases or just to raise awareness and money, Levy said, "I really honestly think this is just the beginning of something amazing for him."

1.What does the underlined word "facilitate" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Transform. B.Improve.

C.Watch. D.Start.

2.What made Max known and become a hero of Marvel Comics?

A.His experience which was just needed.

B.His name which is similar to Iron Man.

C.His spirit of fighting against the disease.

D.Zoe's selling calendars made by herself.

3.We can learn from the fourth paragraph that___________.

A.Max Levy has experienced a difficult time

B.Max Levy fought with Iron Man's friend, Tony Stark

C.Dan Levy didn't want his son to know his sad feeling

D.Dan Levy has been in the children's hospital for three years

4.For Max, Iron Max put into Marvel Comies could____________.

A.praise his courage during treatment

B.encourage kids with hemophilia to be strong

C.bring attention to adults with hemophilia

D.raise awareness and money for homeless kids

1.As a Registrar Assistant, you need to _________.

A.deal with general office work

B.write a variety of exam reports

C.give instructions on course evaluations

D.work 20 hours a week for a whole year

2.Which job doesn’t require previous working experience?

A.Student Activities Assistant B.Weekend English Teacher

C.Reading/Math Tutor D.Registrar Assistant

3.We can probably read this passage from _________.

A.a textbook B.a school website

C.a travel guide D.a science magazine

假定你是李华，你所在的学校最近在提倡劳动实践活动（labor practice），鼓励学生主动参与家务劳动。请给你的外国笔友Sam写信分享一次自己做家务的经历，内容包括：

1. 过程和感受；

2. 参与家务的意义。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数。

Dear Sam,

How are you doing?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I am a student now finishing an evening course in your school, but I am writing to inquire if it is possible what I can withdraw from the current class. I am working full time at a company. One of my colleagues is current having two months’ leave, but the company cannot find any replacement, requiring me work overtime every day to complete this colleague’s daily tasks. In addition to my job, my experience in the Spanish language study is other problem. As I am a new learner, I had met difficulty in keeping pace with the class. I consider it better for me to do some homeworks first, before moving to the further stage. To save you a trouble of replying, I prefer to telephoning you if you permit. Thank you for considering about my request.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的形式。

I’ve been fascinated by elephants 1.I was a child, and as an adult, I’ve been able to go on traveling in Africa and spy them from the safety of a car. But it’s been my longtime wish 2.(visit) the conservation area of the Golden Triangle to get up close, and 3.(hopeful) even hands-on, with the elephants here. I got a chance to fulfill my dream in the summer of 2019, 4.I was excited just about being in a jungle paradise with these 5.(intelligence) giants. But then I discovered the just-opened Jungle Bubbles and jumped at the chance to spend sundown to sunup 6.a large number of elephants as my nighttime 7.(companion).

Walking along the Mekong River on the way to the Anantara Golden Triangle Resort was a fantastic adventure in 8.(it). And then, as I arrived at the hotel’s dock, I 9.(spy) an elephant trunk just beyond the riverbank, and then another, and another. A 10.(welcome) committee of elephants were chewing bamboo and waiting to say hello as I walked into the elephant paradise.

    Wheeling her red chair and scissors around the city, Katie gives out-of-luck strangers the _____of visibility.

Last summer, Katie saw a man sitting with a _____asking for help. She asked, “Hey! I’m driving around giving _____haircuts. If I go and grab my chair, do you want one?”

The man was in his 60s. “______,” he said, “I have a funeral to go. I was really _____to get a haircut.”

She came back with her _____red chair loaded into her car. The man, named Edward, _____a seat. After Katie was done, Edward looked in a mirror. “I look _____!”

“It’s more than a haircut. I want it to _____value and respect.” Katie knows that a haircut can _____a life. As a teen, she _____a disease that was so severe that her hair thinned seriously. Seeing this, her mother _____for Katie’s first haircut. “To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an _____helped me feel cared about and less _____.” she says.

Katie wanted to help people _____the same way. In 2009, she began her Red Chair Project, _____to people on the streets. Katie listens to people’s stories of loss, addiction, and _____to get back on their feet. The attention _____works.

It all began with a belief in simple acts of _____, such as a free haircut. “The way you show up in the world _____,” says Katie. “You have no idea what people will do with the kindness that you give them.”

1.A.tool B.gift C.course D.challenge

2.A.mask B.chair C.sign D.mirror

3.A.perfect B.regular C.special D.free

4.A.Naturally B.Luckily C.Actually D.Eventually

5.A.exploring B.hoping C.begging D.moving

6.A.usual B.formal C.smooth D.loose

7.A.demanded B.kept C.reserved D.took

8.A.good B.brave C.healthy D.satisfied

9.A.prove B.show C.appreciate D.combine

10.A.establish B.complete C.change D.reflect

11.A.suffered from B.got through C.put up with D.adapted to

12.A.charged B.applied C.sought D.arranged

13.A.experiment B.illness C.operation D.emotion

14.A.worthwhile B.serious C.alone D.innocent

15.A.feel B.follow C.accomplish D.select

16.A.coming over B.turning around C.reaching out D.looking up

17.A.struggle B.escape C.relief D.performance

18.A.extremely B.apparently C.merely D.hardly

19.A.joy B.honesty C.pride D.kindness

20.A.occurs B.continues C.remains D.matters

    While we can’t control the COVID-19 0utbreak, we can control how we react to it while keeping ourselves safe as well. 1..

● Assess our personal risk for getting infected

We can take steps to figure out our own personal risk for developing corona virus: whether there are confirmed cases in our community; whether we’ve been exposed to them, and whether we have immune or breathing problems. 2..

● Try to limit our news consumption

3.. However, there is such a thing as too much news, and constantly reading news updates isn’t going to help our anxiety levels. The more we expose ourselves to a scary topic over which we feel limited control, the more we will feel anxious.

●4.

Coronavirus seems scary and it’s OK to recognize that our anxiety is normal, while ignoring our stress will only make the anxiety worse. If someone asks us to stop feeling anxious, we can respond with, “Well, what are you doing to be prepared?” If they still insist on minimizing our fears, try to brush them off. Listen to our own voice and gain inner peace from it.

● Follow the correct preventive methods to protect against the virus

Try to avoid touching our eyes, nose, and mouth. 5.. Wash our hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Doing all of those things can help us feel more in control of the situation, which can help ease our anxiety.

If, despite trying these tips, you still feel anxious or that your fears are disturbing your daily life, it’s not a bad idea to talk to a mental health professional.

A.Those steps give us a sense of control over our health

B.Realize that it’s natural to be worried about the outbreak

C.Of course, the anxiety about the outbreak is understandable

D.Do medical cleaning frequently on touched objects and surfaces

E.Here is what we can do to manage our anxiety during the outbreak

F.This is because it’s new, making it appear more unknown and uncertain

G.It’s true that we should know more information about the deadly disease

    Next time you throw away rotten lettuce or smelly berries you should think about this. Globally, we waste more than a third of the food we produce. That is according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.

A group of Swedish graduate students is working to fight that fact. They are in the Food Innovation and Product Design program and have come up with a way to use produce that is about to go to waste. They turn the food into non-perishable (不易腐烂的) powder. It may help people who have limited access to food.

They are calling it FoPo Food Powder. It is exactly what it sounds like. It is dried, powdered, shelf-stable fruits and vegetables. The powder can be dropped into relief efforts after natural disasters. Or it can be given out in low-resource areas where fresh food and refrigeration are hard to come by.

Ngo, one of the students who developed it, says they are not making something ground breaking. Powdered food has been around since the early days of astronauts. But they are rethinking the waste and delivery channels. Their development team reached out to farmers and retailers to source fruit.

“Today a relief bag for humanitarian disasters contains various foods such as strawberry jam, peanut butter and peas in tomato sauce. We think that an easily transported pack of cheap dried food powder with high nutritional value would fit in perfectly,” Ngo says. The team has been trying to keep its prices down, too. That would aid low-budget humanitarian groups and non-governmental groups.

Freeze-dried food keeps most of the nutritional benefits of raw food. It loses some vitamins and minerals in the drying process. But it is still a good way to get fiber and nutrients.

The group are about to start working with the U.N.’s Initiative on Food Loss and Waste. They want to try and reach more people and countries that could benefit.

1.Why did the group of Swedish graduates develop the FoPo Food Powder?

A.To reduce food waste.

B.To cut the cost of food.

C.To replace the traditional food.

D.To improve the flavor of the food.

2.What does the underlined word “ground breaking” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Additional. B.Reasonable.

C.Creative. D.Worthwhile.

3.What can we learn about powdered food?

A.It is very popular in some poor areas.

B.It is an effective way to lower food prices.

C.It keeps the nutritional benefits of raw food.

D.It provides aids for people in low-resource areas.

4.What will the group do according to the last paragraph?

A.They are about to cooperate with the U.N.

B.They are about to write an Initiative for the U.N.

C.They will visit and help more people worldwide.

D.They will make great profits from their product.

    A simple, yet powerful UK program has been fighting elderly loneliness by recruiting young adults as volunteers to read to seniors with vision problems and mental diseases.

Lily has benefited from the program having her vision “restored” by 15-year-old Amy, a school girl who was paired with Lily through the Reading Friends project. Lily was a librarian and enthusiastic reader who would read “two to three books every week”. After developing a terrible disease, however, Lily found herself unable to read or watch television for any length of time without her eyes hurting.

Not only have Lily’s regular reading sessions with Amy helped to reconnect her with her passion for literature, they have also built a strong intergenerational friendship between the two ladies. “I chose a book and she would come along and read it to me,” Lily said. “But we have only got through two books so far because we end up chatting too much. We have read two historical novels and get on very well.”

Research shows that reading together can help older people to build social networks and connect with others. Evidence also shows that reading has a positive impact on the elderly’s wellbeing and can reduce the risk of developing mental diseases.

Rose, a teacher, is responsible for connecting schoolchildren like Amy with the program and she says that it has had an amazing impact on the youngsters. “We have wonderful young people at our school and we wanted to get them into the community,” Rose said. “It has been fantastic to see them blossom as well as improving their literacy and social skills. They are meeting community members like Lily that they are making friendships with, and library staff can help them, not only with education but outside as well.”

1.What is the main responsibility of volunteers according to the passage?

A.Read books to seniors. B.Have a chat with seniors.

C.Fight diseases for seniors. D.Make friends with seniors.

2.What can we learn from Lily’s reading sessions with Amy?

A.They benefit Lily a lot by restoring her vision.

B.They help Amy pick up her love for literature.

C.They help Lily volunteer in the reading project.

D.They build up the friendship between two ladies.

3.How does the program mostly benefit the elders?

A.By reducing elderly loneliness.

B.By curing the elders of vision problems.

C.By improving their literacy and social skills.

D.By enabling them to read books for a long time.

4.Where is this text most likely from?

A.A diary. B.A guidebook.

C.A magazine. D.A novel.

    We didn’t expect to see her again so soon: After a tearless farewell with my daughter, we left her new dorm room but then in the campus we saw her jogging against the August heat. I quickly rolled down the car window and Sarina didn’t miss a step as she turned, nodded at us and waved goodbye. I was in disbelief why the tears hadn’t come when we parted on her first day in university.

Our first separation, the day she left my body, was a nightmare of pain and suffering. While all births are amazing, not all women feel amazed about the births. However, our togetherness in the days and months that followed was so sweet that I felt her small body still seemed to be attached to mine. In the years to come, the sound of her feet running across the wooden floors of our house was like the gentle pounding that reminded me my little girl was here and that someday she would run to the paths I couldn’t follow.

Last year Sarina turned 16 and decided to pursue art in college. She was in excitement about college life with so much to expect but I was uneasy because it would be a long plane ride away from home. I tried to imagine what separation would be like, but I couldn’t. Separation, although on the horizon, still felt distant.

That’s why it wasn’t until the next morning when I awoke in a house absent of her footsteps that the tears finally came—and wouldn’t stop. I understood that Sarina had left the house, and I held onto the memory of her running. When the tears stopped, I was relieved that her body knew what it needed on separation day, and that with our love and support, she had the courage to run into an unfamiliar distance, to glance back, yet to keep moving forward.

1.What happened to the author on her daughter’s first day in college?

A.She burst into tears and had a painful farewell.

B.She appeared calm and didn't cry at their departure.

C.She asked her daughter to show them around the campus.

D.She was cross that her daughter went jogging when they departed.

2.What is the purpose of Paragraph 2?

A.To expect her daughter’s bright future.

B.To remind herself other daughter's pounding steps.

C.To recall the suffering during her daughter’s growth.

D.To show the strong attachment between mother and daughter.

3.Which of the following best describes the author when separation was approaching?

A.Excited. B.Worried.

C.Relieved. D.Frustrated.

4.What can be the most suitable title for the passage?

A.A heartbroken separation B.The story of a successful mom

C.How to deal with homesickness D.Moving forward with love and support

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几个月以来，全国人民都投入到新冠肺炎疫情防控阻击战中。假定你是晨光中学的李 津，获悉21世纪英文报正在组织以“A Touching Figure in My Heart”为主题的征文活动。请你根据以下要点写一篇征文：

(1)疫情爆发期间最令你感动的人物或是群体；

(2)令你感动的理由；

(3)最想跟他/她或这个群体说的话。

注意：

(1)词数不少于120；

(2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。

参考词汇：流行病；(迅速的)泛滥、蔓延epidemic

新型冠状病毒 novel corona-virus / Covid-19

A Touching Figure in My Heart

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Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace engineer from India, I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was hard for a non-IT student to pursue a master's degree in IT and graduate from a US university.

I had never taken courses related to computers or programming. I was never interested in being a programmer, but things changed. I became so fascinated with the convenience IT has brought to our life that I made up my mind in chasing a master's degree in IT.

At first, I came across too many difficulties and setbacks. Coming from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big issue. My English accent was terrible. Most importantly, the course seemed impossible at first. Although I felt so discouraged and frustrated, I never thought of giving up.

Then I decided to choose my university because it promised its students to help them learn practically. During my first month, it was difficult to understand the Americans' accent and finish my assignments. But I never gave in. I walked two miles to the university every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for jobs and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.

I took all these challenges as my chances, and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after graduation.

When you have a dream to realize, there is nothing that can stop you. All you need is the diligence and persistence. Hard work always pays off. Having a determined will is also necessary.

1.Why did the author's family and friends say that it was hard for him to pursue a master's degree in IT? (no more than 8 words)

2.What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 mean? (no more than 5 words)

3.What is the main idea of paragraph 3? (no more than 10 words)

4.What made the author graduate with a higher GPA and a good job offer? (no more than 15 words)

5.How does the author's story inspire you? (no more than 25 words)

    What is it about kids these days that makes older generations so easily angry? In some way or another, older generations have been disappointed at the youth's decline since the earliest days of civilization. Even Aristotle talked smack about how young folks thought they knew everything back in the 4th century BC.

So why do people throw all the shade on the next generation? A study out last month in Science Advances shows that negative opinions about kids aren't always based on their actions; it's more about how adults praise their past and current selves.

In the study, researchers looked at a trio of characteristics in three groups of US adults: respect for elders or authoritarianism（权威主义），intelligence, and enjoyment of reading. The team, led by John Protzko, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, asked the participants whether they thought kids in the modern age shared the same qualities. They found that adults who tested especially strong in one of the categories tended to see children today as weak in il. For example, if an adult got tagged or self-identified as intelligent, they were more likely to see "kids these days" as less intelligent than they used to be. This, Protzko thinks, is because they remembered their younger selves to be smarter, whether true or not. What's more, they only reserved their strong opinion for characteristics they related to.

In another stage of the study, the authors assigned random scores to participants to trick      them into thinking how well-read they were. Many of the adults changed their opinions on kid's reading ability as a result, Protzko speculates that there are two reasons for the shift: How memories can go wrong and the lack of objective knowledge of what childhood is really like.      "People who are high in     a trail arc imposing（迫使）their current high standing in that trait back in time, thinking 'Oh this must have been what all kids were like,' " he says. Over the years, the same memory bias（偏见）keeps occurring, making it seem like kids arc somehow failing more and more. In fact, （he older a participant was, the more heavily this bias came into play, Protzko says.

While there's still a lot to learn about why adults might see younger generations as mediocre, this research can hint that an age-old phrase can boil down to one classic human trail： vanity（自负）.

―From Popular Science

1.What does the underlined phrase in the first paragraph mean?

A.Expressed his a flection for . B.Talked positively about.

C.Spoke ill of. D.Thought highly of.

2.What does a study published last month in Science Advances indicate?

A.Negative opinions about kids come from their ill behavior.

B.Adults always keeps their previous and present glories in mind.

C.Adults hold positive opinions about kids for their actions.

D.Kids are always blamed by adults who are more outstanding.

3.According to the study, why were adults more likely to consider "kids these days" as less intelligent?

A.Because adults got tagged or self-indentified as intelligent.

B.Because adults thought they themselves much smarter.

C.Because adults hold the view that kids were weaker than them.

D.Because adults only remembered their own strengths subjectively.

4.Which of the following statements may Protzko agree with?

A.Adults hold the bias that kids these days are failing.

B.Adults probably forgot all kids have the same characteristics.

C.That the same memory bias keeps occurring led to kid's failure.

D.The participants ignored the bias as they grew older.

5.What is the structure of the passage?

A.①②--③④⑤ B.①--②③④---⑤

C.①②③--④---⑤ D.①---②---③---④⑤

    For years, the U.S. has experienced a shortage of registered nurses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that while the number of nurses will increase by 19 percent by 2022, demand will grow faster than supply, and that there will be over one million unfilled nursing jobs by then.

So what's the solution? Robots,

Japan is ahead of the curve when it comes to this trend. Toyohashi University of Technology has developed Terapio, a robotic medical cart that can make hospital rounds, deliver medications and oilier items, and retrieve（检索）records. It follows a specific individual, such as a doctor or nurse, who can use it to record and access patient data. This type of robot will likely be one of the first to be put into use in hospitals because it has fairly minimal patient contact.

Robots capable of social engagement help with loneliness as well as cognitive（认知的） functioning, but the robot itself doesn't have to engage directly——it can serve as an intermediary for human communication. Telepresence robots such as MantaroBot, Vgo, and Giraff can be controlled through a computer, smartphone, or tablet, allowing family members or doctors to remotely monitor patients or Skype them, often via a screen where the robot's "face" would be. If you can't get to the nursing home to visit grandma, you can use a telepresence robot to hang out with her. A 2016 study found that users had a ''consistently positive attitude" about the Giraff robot's ability to enhance communication and decrease feelings of loneliness.

A robot’s appearance affects its ability to successfully interact with humans, which is why the RIKEN-TRI Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research decided to develop a robotic nurse that looks a huge teddy bear. RIBA （Robot for Interactive Body Assistance）, also known as "Robear" can help patients into and out of wheelchairs and beds with its strong arms. On the less cute and more scary side there is Actroid F, which is so human-like that some patients may not know the difference. This conversational robot companion has cameras in its eyes, which allow it to track patients and use appropriate facial expressions and body language in its interactions. During a month-long hospital trial, researchers asked 70 patients how they felt being around the robot and "only three or four said they didn't like having it around."

Il's important to note that robotic nurses don't decide courses of treatment or make diagnoses （ though robot doctors and surgeons may not be far off）. Instead, they perform routine and laborious tusks, freeing nurses up to attend to patients with immediate needs. This is one industry where it seems the interaction of robots will lend to collaboration, not replacement

1.What does the author say about Japan?

A.It delivers the best medication for the elderly.

B.It takes the lead in providing robotic care.

C.It provides retraining for registered nurses.

D.It sets the trend in future robotics technology,

2.What arc telepresence robots designed to do?

A.Directly interact with patients to prevent them from feeling lonely.

B.Cater to the needs of patients for recovering their cognitive capacity.

C.Closely monitor the patients' movements and conditions around the clock.

D.Facilitate communication between patients and doctors or family members.

3.What is one special feature of the robot Actroid F?

A.It interacts with patients just like a human companion.

B.It operates quietly without patients realizing its presence.

C.It likes to engage in everyday conversations with patients.

D.It uses body language even more effectively than words.

4.What is the attitude of the 70 patients towards the robotic nurses?

A.They don't like having it around.

B.They are indifferent to it.

C.They feel bored around them.

D.Almost all of them are in favor of it.

5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Doctors and surgeons will soon be laid off.

B.The robotics industry will soon take off.

C.Robots will not make nurses unnecessary.

D.Cooperation will not replace completion.

    When Lina was awoken by the sound of thunder, she was alone on the island. The air was cool and bullfrogs croaked. It was that brief moment when the summer sun had set but the stars hadn't yet appeared. Lina rubbed her eyes and looked around. "Hello?" she called. "Celia? Marie?" There was no response.

The moon was rising now, shedding light on the island. They had always called it "Forgotten Island" because no one but they seemed to remember its existence. It wasn't on any of the maps they could find, and even the forest rangers didn't know about it. Lina loved that the island, hidden in a heavily-wooded side stream of the l river, was a secret between the three friends—her, Celia, and Marie. But now Lina was here alone, and it was night. Worse still, it was her own fault.

"Come on, Lina, let Marie row the born." Celia had said. Marie was two years older than Lina, but she was a hopeless rower. That's why Linn refused and rowed the boat to the island.

The argument that followed the refusal took the usual form. Celia took Marie's side, as she always did. Lina exploded and yelled at them to just leave. So they got back in the boat and left.

A bolt of lightning crossed the darkened sky, accompanied by a deafening thunder clap. The storm was here. As the first cold raindrop slid down her neck, Lina's mind returned to her current problem. She was stuck here by herself. She just hoped she didn't become as forgotten as the island. The thought of it sent a chill down her back.

Suddenly, Lina spotted something in the water. It was a boat, and inside it were Marie, Celia, and Marie's dad, who was steering through the fast flowing waters. As the boat approached, they saw Lina waving and the worried expressions on their faces turned to relief

In her excitement Lina jumped into the river. Only once she was in the icy water did she remember how fast the water was moving. Luckily a strong arm reached into the water and pulled her out. She smiled weakly at Marie's dad and, without a word, hugged Celia and Marie. They didn't seem to mind becoming wet.

1.What do we know about the island?

A.It is very near the ocean.

B.It is a popular place for boating.

C.It is surrounded by thick forest.

D.It has never been reached by others.

2.Why did Lina get angry?

A.Lina was left alone on the island.

B.Marie would not help row the boat.

C.Marie didn't know how to row the boat.

D.Celia supported Marie in the disagreement.

3.What caused Lina to feel scared?

A.Her shame about the unnecessary argument,

B.The first raindrop of the approaching storm.

C.The idea that no one would come to save her.

D.The drop in temperature as the sun went down.

4.Which is true statement according to the passage?

A.Lina didn't want to forget the island.

B.When Lina saw the boat, she fell relieved.

C.Marie rescued Lina when she fell into the water.

D.Marie was poor in rowing.

5.What can we infer about the three girls?

A.All of them could swim well.

B.They had an adventurous spirit.

C.They lived far away from the island.

D.They quarreled with one another badly.

    A polished resume is essential for a successful school or job application. A clear structure and well organized content can be the difference between success and failure.

Structuring your resume

(1) Create a header with your name and contact information. At the top of the page、type your full name, address, phone number and email address. There are also down loadable templates(模板)available online. If none of them appeals to you. however, you can always use your own design,

(2) Use a chronological(时间顺序排列的)resume. In a chronological resume, you list your work and education experiences, starting with your most recent experience.

(3) Include your relevant education, awards or training. Typically, your highest academic qualification is the only one you need to include on your resume. However, you can add lesser achievements if they are relevant to a job's requirements.

If you had a cumulative(累积的)GPA of 3.5 or higher, feel free to include it. Otherwise, it would be best to leave it out. If you’re listing more than one degree, include your GPA on both of them, if possible.

(4) List work experience, including relevant volunteer work and internships. Use specific job titles and short explanations that tell potential employers exactly what you did, what skills you gained and how they could be useful in a new job.

(5) Try a functional resume, if you lack direct work experience. With a functional resume you can highlight your specific skills and resources without having to list previous jobs. A functional resume emphasizes what you can do rather than what you've done.

Making your content shine

(1) Place keywords in your resume strategically. Schools or employers often use software to scan resumes for specific keywords.

(2) Add hobbies and interests, if they relate to the job. A section for hobbies and interests is usually considered optional. However, you should include only hobbies or interests that would benefit an employer. For example, if the job requires good teamwork, you can say that you were captain of your high school basketball team.

(3) Proofread before sending your resume. Don't only rely on the grammar and spelling checkers built into your word processing app. Read through your resume several times to make sure it's error-free.

(4) Save your resume as a PDF file. Most schools and employers prefer to use PDFS for online safety reasons. So don't forget to convert your document before you send it

1.How should you present your job and education experiences on a resume?

A.Begin with your most successful experience.

B.Start with your most recent experience.

C.Include as many details as possible.

D.Only introduce your highest degree.

2.When should you leave your GPA out of your resume?

A.If your total GPA was below 3.5.

B.If your cumulative GPA was below 4.0.

C.If you're listing more than one degree.

D.If you are still a student.

3.What should you do if you don't have much work experience according to the text?

A.List every job you've done before.

B.Talk about how much you know about the job.

C.Focus on your abilities and skills related to the job.

D.Share what you've learned from your previous work.

4.How can you make your resume noticeable according to the text?

A.Use a catchy template.

B.Send your resume in a DOC file.

C.Mention a hobby that you are good at.

D.Highlight some keywords in your resume.

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.The recipe of resume success.

B.How to structure your resume.

C.The ways to shine the content of your resume.

D.The contact information in the resume.

    It’s a sad reality that many of us find ourselves just too busy to contribute to our communities. For a long time, I, too, believed it cost too much in time, money and ______ to make a real difference. But all that changed when I ______ my good-deed-a-day project.

My daughter, Emily, was my primary ______. I wanted to show her we could do little things to help others, and be ______.

The first week, I wasn’t sure if I could ______ it. I surfed the Internet for ideas. One day, I ______ a blind man in the subway station. He ______ as he thanked me. Another day, I brought flowers from my garden to a ______ nursing home......I could only hope I was arousing ______ in others.

After just a few days, ______ I found it easier than I’d expected. I knew I was making a/an ______.

Every evening at the dinner table, I ______ that day’s good deed to Emily. Emily began ______ what I’d started. On a walk home from school, she ______ to a neighbour’s pot of geraniums (天竺葵), which had toppled (摇晃) in the wind, and set it right. “That was my good deed for the day!” she yelled. Another day, she helped me collect ______ from our neighbours for the food bank. We dropped off the food and, ______ we drove away, Emily announced ______ that she wanted to work there one day.

By the last week, I knew I’d changed. At first, I hadn’t been entirely ______ that I could do a good deed every day. Now it was practically second ______. I felt a greater responsibility to take action when I saw a need, ______ looking the other way. I felt as though I’d awakened, somehow.

1.A. energy B. space C. wisdom D. salary

2.A. stopped B. started C. forgot D. remembered

3.A. donation B. expectation C. celebration D. inspiration

4.A. lucky B. clever C. happy D. merciful

5.A. get B. manage C. put D. appreciate

6.A. watched B. waited C. guided D. ordered

7.A. smiled B. sighed C. frowned D. jumped

8.A. popular B. distant C. deserted D. local

9.A. interest B. mercy C. awareness D. praise

10.A. though B. besides C. therefore D. also

11.A. discovery B. difference C. mistake D. fortune

12.A. reminded B. pointed C. recalled D. described

13.A. criticizing B. sharing C. laughing D. praising

14.A. marched over B. pulled over C. turned over D. fell over

15.A. money B. vegetables C. donations D. clothes

16.A. before B. since C. until D. as

17.A. proudly B. eagerly C. anxiously D. casually

18.A. concerned B. convinced C. expected D. persuaded

19.A. scene B. language C. nature D. skill

20.A. by means of B. regardless of C. as well as D. instead of

In addition to filling stomachs of his family, he _________himself to improving the quality of the homeless people’s life for years,

A.has been devoting B.would devote

C.is devoting D.devotes

_________a few activities successfully, Jackson becomes much more confident about himself and determines to be a host.

A.Organising B.Having organised

C.Organised D.To organise

Mr, Smith, manager of the department, decided to assign the important task to _________had a strong sense of responsibility.

A.whatever B.whichever C.whoever D.whomever

_________the great contributions he made to the film industry; the committee awarded Chaplin a special Oscar in 1972.

A.In view of B.In place of C.In ease of D.In terms of

Now that _________energy, such as sunlight, wind and water, is friendly to the environment, we should fully employ it.

A.effective B.alternative C.sensitive D.creative

At the front of the supermarket, a charity group has set up a stand, _________cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds.

A.sold B.having sold C.selling D.being sold