To Be a Deaf DJ

I was born in England with perfect hearing. In 1990, when I was five, my family moved to the United States. I started getting ear infections every three months or so. We didn’t have health insurance at the time, and when I got a third infection, my parents couldn’t afford the treatment. I went deaf in my right ear and was left with 50 percent hearing in my left. Over time, my remaining hearing dropped to 20 percent, where it is today. My doctors predicted that I would be thoroughly deaf by now, so I think I’m doing pretty well.

There was always music on in my house in my childhood. I loved listening to Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson. My dad was a DJ, so he played disco, folk, rock, and music from other countries. For my 18th birthday, my dad asked me to deejay at the restaurant be owned. After doing that for a few weeks, I was hooded. I desired to learn more. I e-mailed DJ Shiftee, a distinguished New York City DJ, when I was 25: “I know you like a challenge. How about teaching a deaf person to deejay?” He wrote back the next day; “Challenge accepted.” He tutored me twice a week for two years, helping me develop correct technique. I practiced four hours a day.

Now when I’m performing, muscle memory takes over. When I started, I wouldn’t tell the club managers that I was deaf. I would just show up, introduce myself, and start playing music. At the end of the night, someone would say, “Oh, here’s the check.” And I’d say, “What? Oh, I can’t hear.” They were always so astonished. Sometimes I would bring doctor’s notes because they wouldn’t believe me. It was reassurance that they were giving me opportunities to perform because I was brilliant, no out of sympathy. Eventually people started calling me “that deaf DJ,” and the name stuck.

What fascinates me about deejaying is the creativity. I use software that turns the music into lines of color on a computer screen. I’m visually hearing the music. The next time you go dancing, cover your ears, and you’ll start seeing that you’re able to hear the music in a different way. Music is not all about hearing. I pay all sorts of get-togethers now, from college parties to corporate events. I also go to elementary schools for the deaf and talk to the students about motivation and believing in themselves. I’m big on talking to the parents. I tell them, “My advice to you is let your kids chase their dreams. I’m a deaf DJ, so why not?”

1.Which of the following might result in the author’s hearing loss?

A.Monthly ear infection. B.Moving to the U. S.

C.Family financial hardship D.The doctors’ prediction.

2.How did DJ Shiftee help the author during his youth?

A.He taught him correct skills. B.He discovered his talent for DJ.

C.He played at the restaurant for him. D.He cultivated his taste for foreign music.

3.The underlined expression in Paragraph 3 “the name stuck” probably means that _________.

A.the author was in low spirits B.the author impressed people deeply

C.the audience felt disappointed by the player D.the audience looked down upon the player

4.We can conclude from the passage that the author loves deejaying because _________.

A.working as a DJ involves innovation

B.music helps him to see the world virtually

C.he motivates the kids to realize their dream

D.he desires to challenge something impossible

Communication, One Major Part of the Scientific Method

Scientists may feel it their duty to share their guesses, methods, and findings with the rest of the scientific community. This sharing serves two _______. First, it supports the basic deal of skepticism(怀疑论)by making it possible for others to say, “Oh, yeah? Let me check that.” It tells others where to see what the scientist saw, and what techniques and tools to use. Second, it gets the word out so that others can use what has been discovered. This is essential because science is a(n) _______ efforts. People who work thousands of miles apart build with and upon each other’s discoveries.

The communication of science begins with “peer review”, a process of _______ an author’s scholarly work, research or ideas to the inspection of other experts. It typically has three stages. The first occurs when a scientists seeks funding - from government agencies, foundations, or other _______ -- to carry out a research program. He or she must prepare a report describing the intended work, laying out background, hypotheses(假设), planned experiments, expected results, and even the _______ impacts on other fields. Committees of other scientists then _______ the report to see whether the scientist knows his or her area, has the necessary abilities, and is realistic in his or her plans.

Once the scientist has the needed _______, has done the work, and has written a report of the results, that report will go to a scientific journal. Before publishing the report, the journal’s editors will show it to other workers in the same or _______ fields and ask whether the work was done adequately, the conclusions are justified, and the report should be published.

The third stage of peer review happens are publication, when the broader scientific community gets to see and _______ the work.

This three-stage quality-control process can, of course, be faulty. Any scientist with independent wealth can ________ the first stage quite easily but such scientists are much, much rarer today than they were a century or so ago. Those who remain are the object of envy. ________ , it is fair to say that they are not disapproved as were those who avoid the latter two stages of the “peer review” mechanisms by using press conferences.

On the other hand, it is certainly possible for the standard peer review mechanisms to ________. By their nature, these mechanisms are more likely to ________ ideas that are not different from what the reviewers think they already know. Yet the un-traditional or unconventional ideas are not ________ wrong, as Alfred Wegener proved when he tried to gain ________ for the idea of continental drift in the early twentieth century. It was not until the 1960s that most geologists accepted his ideas as genuine insights.

1.A.purposes B.duties C.interests D.needs

2.A.innovative B.prospective C.cooperative D.plain

3.A.accustoming B.addicting C.restricting D.subjecting

4.A.projects B.sources C.unions D.departments

5.A.stronger B.more limited C.more dramatic D.broader

6.A.Look up B.go over C.long for D. call for

7.A.funds B.fields C.impacts D.experiments

8.A.different B.chosen C.related D.academic

9.A.substitute B.create C.judge D.undertake

10.A.reach B.mark C.hold D.skip

11.A.Similarly B.Contrarily C.Surely D.Therefore

12.A.fail B.function C.evolve D.work

13.A.convey B.overlook C.reject D.approve

14.A.necessarily B.particularly C.dramatically D.terribly

15.A.confidence B.acceptance C.strength D.weight

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Green Spring Renews Life’s Promise

For me, two of the loveliest words in the English language are “Life persists”. I came across them years ago as a college freshman, sitting in the library on a beautiful spring day, bored, working on a history paper. I don’t recall 1. I was researching into. Out of nowhere, those two words came 2. (dance) off the page in a quote by Gandhi, “In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.”

After those words 3. (read) again a dozen times, suddenly I was no longer bored. Outside in the sunshine, I kicked off my shoes and danced barefoot across a spring-green lawn.

I love spring. And this year, I was especially hungry to see it. Flying home last weekend to Las Vegas, after 10 days in California, I looked down on hills that were so green that I 4. almost taste them. When I approached Vegas, the green turned a dull desert brown. We landed after sunset, and the only green to be seen was neon(霓虹灯).

But the next morning, to my surprise, I 5. (awake) to find signs of spring all over my yard. 6. my absence, all sorts of things had leafed and bloomed. Three days later, I drove to Arizona to visit a friend and get yet another taste of spring seeing the Giants play the A’s in spring training. The drive across the desert was completely great, a variety of wildflowers and blooming cactuses.

Sometimes we need the chance 7. (remind) that we’re still alive. After my husband died, a friend sent me a card which read: “Just 8. you think you will never smile again, life comes back.”

Life persists, and so do 9. in the green of spring and the dead of winter, in the birth of a child and the passing of a loved one; in the words we leave behind and the hearts of those 10. will remember us. Spring reminds us that we’re alive forever.

Questions are based on the following passage.

1.A.London. B.Barcelona. C.Madrid. D.Iceland

2.

A.She was scheduled to meet more customers in other cities.

B.Her ship was delayed by the wind blowing southwards.

C.Clouds of volcano ash threatened passengers' health.

D.Volcanic eruption caused her flight to be cancelled.

3.

A.She tried various means of transport except the coach.

B.She had a tough journey back home with many transfers.

C.She enjoyed the lovely scenery in various cities in Spain.

D.She managed to book a ticket with the British airline at last.

4.

A.He paid little attention to the news media.

B.He didn't care about meaningless pastimes.

C.He was out of employment for too long.

D.He was too busy to make preparations for it.

Questions are based on the following passage.

1.

A.They support various living creatures. B.They reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

C.They bring about huge economic benefits. D.They protect the coast against melting ice.

2.A.Australia B.Canada. C.America. D.China.

3.

A.Tourism will face strong decline

B.Beach losses are causing climate change

C.Half of the world's sandy beaches could disappear.

D.Beaches play an important part in the ecosystem

Questions are based on the following passage.

1.

A.Boston Cooking School B.Toll House Inn.

C.A chocolate company. D.Nestle's branch

2.

A.Mix smashed chocolate with other ingredients and baked it.

B.Cover the surface of the cookies with melted chocolate.

C.Spread butter on semi-sweet chocolate desserts.

D.Shape melted chocolate into thick pieces.

3.

A.She kept it as a secret. B.She sold it to Nestle.

C.She applied for a patent D.She shared it publicly.

A.The woman is too busy to go to the dinner.

B.The woman will definitely go to the dinner.

C.The woman will probably decline the invitation.

D.The woman is asking about the time for the dinner.

A.The woman is teaching the man how to cook.

B.There is nothing the man can do to cook the dish.

C.The cookbook contains difficult instructions to follow.

D.The man is good at following what is said in the cookbook.

A.Applying to Harvard will be fun B.He is confident of getting into Harvard

C.He has no choice but to apply to Harvard. D.The woman can get the man into Harvard

A.He's not going to cook his own dinner B.He plans to do the same as his brother.

C.He loves the dinner his brother cooks. D.He wants to take on his own responsibility.

A.An attractive hut. B.A sunny day. C.raincoat. D.A lovely hat

A.The woman has a practical goal.

B.The woman can surely live a long life.

C.The woman has taken the right steps to stay healthy.

D.The woman should give up cheeseburgers to live longer.

A.It's not as good as it was. B.It's better than it used to be.

C.It's better than people expect D.It's even worse than people say.

A.He must attend a class. B.He must meet his teacher.

C.He must finish his homework. D.He must go out with his roommate.

A.Boss and secretary. B.Operator and caller.

C.Librarian and student. D.Customer and repairman

A.At the butcher’s B.In a restaurant. C.On the farm. D.In a supermarket.

请阅读下面文字, 并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

“The National College Entrance Examination will be postponed for a month to July 7 and 8 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak,” the Ministry of Education said.

Wang Hui, director of the ministry’s Department of College Students Affairs, said the postponement is mainly to ensure students’ safety and the fairness of the exam. More than 10.7 million students have signed up to participate in this year’s Gaokao, up by 400,000 from last year, Wang said at a news conference.

“Gaokao concerns tens of millions of students, and the ministry must adopt the most cautious plan with the least amount of risk to protect their safety as well as that of the teachers.”

Although senior high school students took online courses during the epidemic, many rural students who lacked Internet access felt disadvantaged, so the delay is to ensure they will have more time to prepare for the exam at school, he said.

Chinese people often compare the highly competitive exam to “crossing a narrow bridge”, since for many students, especially those from rural areas, enrollment at a good university is a difficult but worthwhile challenge that could shape their future.

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1.用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；

2.用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括:

(1)结合上述信息，分析高考延期的主要原因(不少于两点)；

(2)面对高考延期，作为高三学生，你应该如何正确应对？

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1. 阐述观点或提供论据时, 不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

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内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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请认真阅读下面短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意:请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

Orchids’ Secret

Orchids (兰花) are some of the most rare and delicate species in all of nature. For hundreds of years orchids have been prized discoveries of collectors and adventurers hoping to find new and diverse kinds of the flower. “Orchid hunters” went looking for the mysterious orchids and brought back new types to sell. However, many of them met with tragedy instead. Dozens of hunters were killed by accidents or diseases or murder. Others became food for horrible creatures.

While the plants have long been valued for their beauty, they may be even more important to science and our understanding of co-evolution. Unlike plants that can self-pollinate (自我授粉), orchids need very specific insects or birds to spread their pollen. The process by which insects, the wind, or birds spread the pollen of different flowers is called pollination. Pollen is a powder produced by plants that contains their genetic material. In order for the plants to reproduce, the pollen must be physically moved to the flower’s stigma (花的柱头), which contains an egg. Now the fertilized egg can become a seed. Birds and insects can pollinate plants by touching many different flowers and spreading the pollen around.

Orchids evolved to attract insects and birds. Because there are many different species of orchid, there are also many different ways the orchids attract their pollinators. Orlean explains that “many species look so much like their favorite insects that an insect mistakes them for its relatives, and when it lands on the flower to visit, pollen sticks to its body. Another orchid imitates the shape of something that a pollinating insect likes to kill... Other species look like the mate of their pollinator, so the bug tries to mate with one orchid and then another… and spreads pollen from flower to flower each hopeless time.”

Other orchids don’t use their shape at all, but rather produce specialized smells to attract specific insects, such as bees, beetles or flies. Some orchids smell like cake, some like chocolate, and some like rotting meat. All these smells may seem weird, but they exist to attract creatures to their pollen and help the orchids survive.

Orchids provide new angles for the research into plant and animal evolution on the earth. The strategies to attract insects and spread their flowers’ pollen go on and on. Each family of orchids has a unique kind of insect or bird that visits their flowers, as well as its own way of attracting them. It has worked, too. Orchid species number more than 25,000 worldwide, which is more kinds of species than any other flower on the planet, and new ones are still being found.

Orchids and the insects that pollinate them are one of the most amazing examples of evolution. By tricking the insects that collect its pollen, the orchid has survived since the time of the dinosaurs.

    We were five minutes into a severe winter storm — approaching Boston’s Logan International Airport — when I turned to the woman next to me and said, “Hey, would you mind chatting with me for a few minutes?” My seatmate seemed friendly and I suddenly felt desperate for a human connection.

“Sure. My name is Sue,” the woman replied, smiling warmly. “What brings you to Boston?” I started to explain that I was on a business trip. Then the plane trembled violently, and I blurted out, “I might need to hold your hand too.” Sue took my hand in both of hers, patted it, and held on tight.

Sometimes a stranger can significantly improve our day.    ①   A pleasant meeting with someone we don’t know, even an unspoken exchange, can calm us when no one else is around. It may get us out of our own heads — a proven mood lifter — and help broaden our vision. Sandstrom, a psychologist and senior lecturer at the University of Essex, has found that people’s moods improve after they have a conversation with a stranger. And yet most of us resist talking to people we don’t know or barely know. We worry about how to start, maintain, or stop it. We think we will keep talking and disclose too much, or not talk enough. We are afraid we will bore the other person. We’re typically wrong.

②   In a study in which Sandstrom asked participants to talk to at least one stranger a day for five days, 99 percent said they had found at least one of the exchanges pleasantly surprising, 82 percent said they’d learned something from one of the strangers, 43 percent had exchanged contact information, and 40 percent had communicated with one of the strangers again.

③   Multiple studies show that people who interact regularly with passing acquaintances or who engage with others through community groups, religious gatherings, or volunteer opportunities have better emotional and physical health and live longer than those who do not. One person took up the cello after chatting with a woman on the subway who was carrying one. Another recalled how the smile of a fruit salesman from whom he regularly bought bananas made him feel less lonely after he’d first arrived in a new city.

④   When Sue took my hand on that scary flight to Boston, I almost wept with relief. “Hey, this is a little bumpy, but we will be on the ground safely soon,” she told me. She looked so encouraging, and confident. I asked her what she did for a living. “I’m a retired physical education teacher, and I coached women’s volleyball,” she said. Immediately, I could see what an awesome coach she must have been.

When we said goodbye, I gave Sue a big hug and my card. A few days later, I received an e-mail with the subject line “Broken hand on Jet Blue.” “I have to admit that I was just as scared as you were but did not say it,” Sue wrote. “I just squeezed your hand as hard as I could. Thank you for helping me through this very scary situation.” She added that when she’d told her friends about our conversation, they teased her because they know she loves to talk. I told my friends about Sue too. I explained how kind she was to me, and what I learned: It’s OK to ask for help from a stranger if you need it. Now if I mention to my friends that I am stressed or worried, they respond, “Just think of Sue!”

1.The writer struck up a conversation with her seatmate because ________.

A.they were heading for the same city on business

B.she was in urgent need of emotional comfort

C.the plane’s abrupt movement was unbearable

D.the woman was friendlier than other passengers

2.What benefit does a pleasant exchange with strangers bring us?

A.It lights up our otherwise unsuccessful life.

B.It saves us the trouble of talking too much.

C.It improves our ability to think and understand

D.It guarantees us a lasting feeling of happiness.

3.Why does the writer mention the study conducted by Sandstrom?

A.To present the benefits of interacting with acquaintances.

B.To show it lifts mood to make and meet with new friends.

C.To stress it is necessary to associate with unknown people.

D.To relieve anxiety about communicating with strangers.

4.The sentence “You don’t even have to talk to complete strangers to obtain the benefit” can be put in ________.

A.① B.② C.③ D.④

5.What does the underlined sentence imply?

A.The writer was impressed with Sue’s ability to inspire others.

B.The writer herself could have been a volleyball player.

C.Sue possessed obvious characters of a qualified PE teacher.

D.Sue became the coach of the writer as a consequence.

6.How did the writer probably feel while reading Sue’s email?

A.Regretful. B.Surprised. C.Disappointed. D.Satisfied.

    Every Morning, Breanna Roque goes out to the farm to feed the cows. But this isn’t your typical farm; it’s a laboratory, and Roque is a graduate researcher at the University of California, Davis. She’s been spending her time among the cows to see if she can adjust their diets so they burp (打嗝) less. The cows’ special diet includes small parts of a red seaweed. It contains a chemical combination, which prevents the production of CH4 during the cows’ digestion. Less CH4 means less burping. And less burping could mean slowing down climate change globally.

Although agriculture accounts for a smaller percentage of total greenhouse gas production than sectors like transportation and energy, it produces more CH4, which warms the Earth up to 86 times as much as CO2. When cows eat, they burp food back up, producing CH4 as a byproduct. Researchers across the globe have been pursuing the idea that adding substances to feed might help reduce these CH4 -loaded burps. But it wasn’t until 2016 that researchers in Australia found that grass feed of 2 percent seaweed could cut CH4 productions by nearly 99 percent. In 2019, Roque’s team published the results of a similar study: They cut CH4 production 95 percent by adding to a typical U.S. dairy cow diet with just 5 percent seaweed. But questions remained about the seaweed’s effectiveness in actual cow stomachs.

So more researchers headed to the farm. They found that a diet of just 0.5 percent seaweed led to a 26-percent decrease in CH4. A 1-percent seaweed diet produced 67 percent less CH4. Further research is needed to fully understand why this seaweed in particular works best and to see if adding seaweed to cows’ diets will affect the quality of the products coming from the animals. In the future, they’ll run trials to see if seaweed gives cow’s milk an unpleasant taste or leaves steaks smelling of seafood.

Researchers still need to ensure the seaweed combination, which is sensitive to heat and light, will be shelf-stable and remain effective in real-world applications. And even if the seaweed succeeds, CH4 from cattle account for just 5 percent of greenhouse gas production in the U.S., so the overall picture won’t improve much.

Still, last August, researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, announced they would be trying to find ways to farm the seaweed on a large-enough scale to break into the cattle feed market. Roque says she’s regularly contacted by annoying businessmen who want her help to mass produce the seaweed for global animal consumption. “People reach out to me all the time,” she says. “Unfortunately, I’m an animal biologist and not a sea biologist.”

1.What is the purpose of Roque’s research?

A.To reduce global warming through cow feed.

B.To enrich cattle diets with a special seaweed.

C.To make food digestible in cows’ stomachs.

D.To reduce CH4 in the production of seaweed.

2.According to Paragraph 2, the 2016 and 2019 studies were imperfect as they failed to find out ________.

A.why CH4 was more harmful than CO2 in climate change

B.which seaweed worked best in cutting CH4 production

C.whether seaweed would work in practical cow feeding

D.what was the right proportion of seaweed in cows’ diets

3.Future research will probably not deal with ________.

A.how to grow seaweed on farmland economically

B.how to bring out the best function of the seaweed

C.how to prevent beef and milk from tasting weird

D.how to lengthen the store time of seaweed feed

4.Roque’s response to the businessmen indicates that ________.

A.she regrets not having studied seaweeds

B.she is willing to offer more help to them

C.she is negative about the cow feed market

D.she is not interested in farming seaweed

    Those extra pounds should be avoided at all costs, right? Actually, while being overweight isn’t generally good for our health, not all fat is created equal — some may even be beneficial.

There are two major kinds of body fat. White fat, the most abundant type, is what you feel when you squeeze your midsection. Brown fat, found mainly in the neck region, burns energy rather than storing it the way white fat does. Brown fat may also help avoid diabetes. According to a study in Cell Metabolism, individuals with higher amounts of brown fat had smaller changes in blood sugar and thus a reduced risk of developing diabetes. Infants have high levels of brown fat, which helps regulate their body temperature. Sadly, we lose it as we age, and adults have only small amounts.

Adults can increase brown fat by exposing themselves to cold temperatures. In a recent study, people who slept in a mildly cold room (about 66 degrees F) increased the amount and activity of their brown fat by up to 40 percent. Sleeping in mild warmth (81 degrees F), however, decreased their amount of brown fat. Cold showers don’t seem to affect it.

Brown fat does have its drawbacks. Radiologists don’t like it, because the heat it causes makes it harder for body scans to detect activities in patients. Although there’s no firm evidence that any specific foods or nutrients can activate brown fat, radiologists routinely recommend that patients eat a high-fat, low-carb diet before scans on the grounds that this reduces brown fat activation.

Just as brown fat isn’t perfect, neither is white fat all bad. Even though people tend to hate it, white fat delivers important health benefits. It protects our vital organs, helps keep us warm, and stores calories for later use, keeping us from starving when food is scarce.

White fat can sometimes be turned into brown — it’s then called beige or brite (“brown in white”) fat. Like brown fat, beige fat burns energy and can thus help fight against obesity. Scientists are still trying to figure out how the change happens; one study points to a hormone called irisin, which our muscles produce when we exercise.

Fat cells’ sensitivity to temperature changes means there’s more than one way we can get rid of unwanted fat. Cooling treatments, for instance, freeze fat cells to death. The body removes these damaged cells over several months.

1.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “midsection” in the second paragraph?

A.Leg. B.Arm. C.Wrist. D.Waist.

2.Generally speaking, who have a larger proportion of brown fat?

A.Babies. B.Senior people. C.Fat people. D.Thin people.

3.The following kinds of fat can help people fight against obesity EXCEPT ________.

A.Beige fat. B.Brite fat. C.White fat. D.Brown fat.

1.If you have dark spots on your cheeks, which of the following can you choose according to the passage?

A.The products from Maybelline. B.The products from Rouge Hermès.

C.The products from La Mer. D.The products from Estée Lauder.

2.During a power failure, which of the following may be of less use according to the passage?

A.SPRING FLUSH. B.FERMENTED EXTRACTS.

C.HAIR BRUSH. D.HERMÈS LIPSTICKS.

A pair of silk stockings

Little Missus Sommers one day found that she had already saved fifty dollars. It seemed to her a very large amount of money.

The question of investment was one she _______ carefully. A dollar or two could be _______ to the price she usually paid for her daughter Janie’s shoes. This would guarantee they would _______ a great deal longer than usual. She would buy cloth for new shirts for the boys. And still there would be enough left for new stockings — two pairs per child. What time that would save her in always _______ old stockings!

But that day she was tired and a little bit weak. Between getting the children fed and the house cleaned, and preparing herself to go shopping, she had _______ to eat at all!

When she arrived at the large department store, she sat in front of an empty counter. She was trying to gather _______ and courage to push through a mass of busy _______. She rested her hand upon the counter.

She wore no gloves. She slowly grew aware that her hand had felt something very _______ to touch. She looked down to see that her hand lay upon a pile of silk _______. A young salesgirl who stood behind the __________ asked her if she wished to __________ the silky leg coverings.

She smiled as if she had been asked to inspect diamond jewelry with the aim of __________ it. But she went on feeling the soft, __________ items. Now she used both hands, holding the stockings up to see the light shine __________ them.

Two red marks suddenly showed on her pale face.

She thought to herself, “Why not live for myself once?”

She looked up at the salesgirl. “Well, I will __________ this pair.” she said.

Missus Sommers then walked into the ladies’ rest area. In an empty corner, she __________ her cotton stockings with the new silk ones.

For the first time she seemed to be taking a __________ from the tiring act of considering her family. She had let herself be __________ by some machine — like force directing her actions. But this time she decided to free herself of __________.

Then she put her shoes back on and put her old stockings into her bag. Next, she went to the shoe department, sat down and waited to be __________.

1.A.resisted B.considered C.described D.underwent

2.A.spent B.withdrawn C.dropped D.added

3.A.last B.extend C.show D.dress

4.A.picking B.washing C.packing D.repairing

5.A.refused B.forgotten C.regretted D.planned

6.A.confidence B.information C.respect D.strength

7.A.shoppers B.sellers C.agents D.guards

8.A.rough B.delicious C.pleasant D.pretty

9.A.handkerchiefs B.shirts C.stockings D.shoes

10.A.counter B.crowd C.elevator D.window

11.A.see B.witness C.investigate D.examine

12.A.purchasing B.selling C.producing D.designing

13.A.ordinary B.abnormal C.costly D.simple

14.A.beyond B.through C.between D.upon

15.A.return B.buy C.present D.consume

16.A.sold B.exchanged C.submitted D.replaced

17.A.rest B.walk C.look D.sigh

18.A.thrown B.squeezed C.controlled D.comforted

19.A.debt B.dream C.appointment D.responsibility

20.A.fitted B.employed C.consulted D.promoted

Some teenagers have independent tastes, but most tend to _______.

A.lose their heads B.spill the beans C.swim with the tide D.mend their ways

—Gosh, I feel I have messed up my whole life.

—Cheer up. Things will _______.

A.hold out B.work out C.stand out D.set out

The president must have received the result of medical research by the time the disease spread widely, _______?

A.hasn’t he B.mustn’t he C.hadn’t he D.didn’t he

The entire country was _______ with grief for the eighteen firefighters and one guide who were killed in Liangshan mountain fire.

A.accumulated B.distributed C.spoiled D.overcome

_______ to building a community with a shared future for mankind is China, which has provided generous support and assistance.

A.Dedicating B.Dedicated C.Being dedicated D.Having dedicated

Over 1,000 elephants face starvation in Thailand because the coronavirus crisis has _______ revenues from tourism.

A.cut down B.put down C.break down D.pull down

Some countries could have been better prepared to fight the virus. Their leaders, _______, resisted calls for strict measures to contain it initially.

A.otherwise B.besides C.though D.thus