1、Local governments can foster this sustainable activity by giving_____ to responsible operators, and even high-paying consumers.
A.preference B.substitute C.alternative D.selection
2、Well, if you insist on eating so much, you will have to suffer the ________.
A.consequences
B.exercises
C.evidence
D.exchanges
3、 —I find it astonishing that your deskmate ________ be so rude to you.
—Not astonishing at all. She is always rude to anyone else.
A.should B.must C.might D.ought to
4、Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according to a Common Sense Media report Monday.
A.being published B.to publish C.publishing D.published
5、______ it is to have a cool drink after an ______ game.
A. How fun; exhausting B. What fun; exhausted
C. What fun; exhausting D. How fun; exhausted
6、Mary and her friends _____ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help the homeless people at the Christmas party.
A.came up with B.put up with C.caught up with D.kept up with
7、Many nations have promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but are falling short of the ________ reduction of 25 to 40 percent of 1990 levels.
A.target B.option C.profit D.refund
8、Even if he has been a teacher for 20 years, Peter has a good and serious attitude towards his work, for which he gains a lot of ________.
A.competence B.motivation C.expectation D.recognition
9、Generally speaking, one’s mistakes in front of other people requires great courage.
A.admit B.being admitted C.admitting D.having admitted
10、He gave a lame excuse for ______ which made him very embarrassed.
A.been absence B.being absent C.to be absent D.absent
11、You have no idea how she finished the relay race with her foot ______ so much.
A.wounding B.wounded C.to wound D.having wounded
12、Because the situation of that country________, all the foreigners are preparing to leave.
A.is getting worse B.got worse
C.was getting worse D.had got worse
13、_______ digital technology is bridging geographic distance, highly skilled workers are increasingly crowding into cities.
A.Where
B.As
C.While
D.When
14、In the future, you will be________ to more and more choice, not less.
A.symbolized
B.exposed
C.strengthened
D.abandoned
15、Snaking through the deserts, the Nile would flood almost _____ each year in June.
A.normally B.variably C.invariably D.increasingly
16、What a stupid mistake! I ______ you to go over your paper carefully. Why wouldn't you listen to me?
A.was reminding
B.had reminded
C.reminded
D.would remind
17、Between the two parts of the concert there was an interval, _____ audience can go and buy some snacks.
A.where B.when C.how D.why
18、Anyone, whether he is an official or a bus driver, should be _______ respected.
A.especially B.naturally C.normally D.equally
19、The boy was put into prison for being ________ of stealing a lot of knives.
A. blamed B. accused
C. charged D. suspect
20、Many Chinese brands, ______ their reputations over centuries, are _______ new challenges from the modern market.
A. having developed, facing B. being developed, faced
C. developed, faced D. developing, facing
21、_____ the yard, I found it _____ with lots of _____ leaves.
A. Entering; covering; fallen
B. Having entered; covered; falling
C. Entering; covering; falling
D. Entering; covered; fallen
22、People are warned ________ in that city because there is some virus going around the city.
A. to not tour B. touring not
C. not to tour D. not touring
23、Always the _____ , Franklin believed the practice of moving the time could save on the use of candlelight, as candles were expensive at the time.
A.journalist B.physicist C.chemist D.economist
24、That they were wrong in these matters _____ now clear to us all.
A.is B.was C.are D.were
25、________ to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I ________ not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
A.If it were left … would B.Should it leave … must
C.Would it be left … should D.Was it left … would
26、 Christmas Glow, RHS Wisley, Surrey
The garden is flowing with large lighted flowers. Some of the trees are brilliant, too. The glasshouse is decorated like a gingerbread house, and displays (展览) seasonal plants. There are lanterns around the lake. The cafe serves hot chocolate and apple juice.
●£9.90, adult £3.60, child
●20 Dec. to 2 Jan.
Festival of Light, Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire
Longleat is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Large lanterns take the shape of some of the park’s animals, and there are also lots of characters in Beatrix Potter’s book, such as Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, Squirrel Nutkin, to mark the 150th anniversary of the author’s birth. There is also a 20-metre-high birthday cake.
●£27.85, adult £20.65, child under-threes, free
●15 Dec. to 2 Jan.
Festival of Light, Enchanted Park, Gateshead
Enchanted Park is an interactive walk through Saltwell Park, just south of the town centre, along a trail of light with performances and sculptures. “The story being told is Midwinter Night’s Tale, inspired by the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death.” Visitors can join stories and songs with Santa, and attend decorating workshops.
●£8, adult £2, child under-fours, free
●11-27 Dec.
Christmas at Kew Gardens or London
Kew is a special place to visit at any time of the day or year, but the festive light show gives it a magical twist, as the mile-long trail through the garden is decorated with 60,000 lights. Some of the garden’s oldest and tallest trees are also beautifully lit along the way.
●£16, adult £10, child under-fours, free
●24 Dec. to 2 Jan.
【1】Which of the following events last the longest?
A.Christmas Glow, RHS Wisley, Surrey.
B.Festival of Light, Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire.
C.Festival of Light, Enchanted Park, Gateshead.
D.Christmas at Kew Gardens or London.
【2】What can people do in Enchanted Park?
A.Learn to write stories. B.Play with wild animals.
C.Pay a visit to glasshouses. D.Sing songs with Santa.
【3】How much should a woman and her 4-year-old twin children pay to visit Kew Gardens?
A.£16. B.£26. C.£36. D.£48.
27、Professor Veena Sahajwalla, 2022 Australian of the year, has created a solution to our massive trash problem: waste microfactories. These little trash processors (处理器)—some as small as 500 square feet— house a series of machines that recycle waste and transform it into new materials with thermal technology. The new all-in -one approach could leave our current recycling processes in the dust.
In 2018 she launched the first microfactory, establishing a model of recycling that enables businesses and communities to develop commercial opportunities while addressing local waste problems. A second one began recycling plastics in 2019. Now, her lab group is working with university and industry partners to commercialize their patented Microfactory technology. “The small scale of the machines will make it easier for them to one day operate on renewable energy, unlike most large manufacturing plants. The approach will also allow cities to recycle waste into new products on location, avoiding the long, often international, high-emission journeys between recycling processors and manufacturing plants. With a microfactory, gone are the days of needing separate facilities to collect and store materials, extract (提取) elements and produce new products,” says Sahajwalla.
Traditionally, recycling plants break down materials for reuse in similar products-like melting down plastic to make more plastic things. Sahajwalla’s invention advances this idea by taking materials from an old product and creating something different. “The kids don’t look like the parents,” she says. Sahajwalla refers to this process as “the fourth R,” adding “re -form” to the common phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle”.
Professor Veena Sahajwalla’s programs help to develop innovation and promote cooperation with industry, ensuring that sustainable materials and processes become commercially practical solutions for dealing with waste.
【1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To introduce a new type of trash processor.
B.To introduce the process of recycling waste.
C.To prove the seriousness of the trash problem.
D.To show the current situation of trash recycling.
【2】What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
A.The founding of waste microfactories.
B.The influences of waste microfactories.
C.The advantages of waste microfactories.
D.The shocking scale of waste microfactories.
【3】What does “re-form” in Paragraph 3 refer to according to Sahajwalla?
A.Extracting materials from the waste.
B.Generating new materials with waste.
C.Updating the whole recycling process.
D.Transforming waste into similar products.
【4】Where is the text probably taken from?
A.A fiction novel.
B.A business report.
C.A science magazine.
D.A chemical textbook.
28、 The National Beekeeping Centre Wales is a free attraction in the countryside that teaches children about the importance of honeybees – with the chance to try lots of local honeys.
This friendly visitor centre is a supporter of Welsh honeybees, which are increasingly under threat from climate change and loss of wildflower meadows. It raises visitors’ awareness of environmental issues and shows the 4,000-year history of beekeeping and honey-making from the ancient Egyptians to the Romans. A Hive Aid scheme lets you adopt a beehive (from £50 per person), and regular courses (from £60 per person) train new generations of beekeepers.
Fun fact
Bees pollinate about a third of everything we eat and play an important role in sustaining our ecosystems. In economic terms, honeybee pollination could be worth up to £200m to the UK alone.
What about lunch?
Next door is the Furnace Tearoom, part of the Bodnant Welsh Food Centre, which serves light bites – wraps (卷饼), fruit salads (£7) and coffee. And the nearby Pavilion Restaurant at the National Trust’s Bodnant Garden has cooked food, including baked potatoes (£5) and daily specials such as local casseroles (焙盘) with bread rolls (£6), plus coffee and cakes.
Exit through the gift shop
There is a range of bee-themed gifts in our gift shop, including bee toys (£2), wooden honey candy (£2) and a selection of honeys all made by Welsh producers (£5). The bestselling Bodnant honey (£8) goes fast.
Getting here
We are located just off the A470 on the Bodnant Estate in the Conwy Valley, and 10 minutes from the A55 north Wales coast road. Follow the brown signs just after Bodnant Gardens.
Value for money
Visits and activities for kids are free, though donations are welcome. Taster days (from £60) and the weekend beekeeping course (£80 per person) are held at Abergwyngregyn village, 10 miles west down the A55.
Opening hours
The Visitor Centre opens daily from 10 am --- 4pm but it is volunteer-run, so phone ahead to check. Expect lots of fun activities around the annual Conwy Honey Fair.
【1】What do we know about the National Beekeeping Centre Wales?
A.It makes money mainly by selling local honeys.
B.It invites visitors to adopt a beehive for free.
C.It’s an educational center about beekeeping.
D.It shows visitors Wales’ long wildflower meadows history.
【2】Where is the National Beekeeping Centre Wales?
A.In the village of Abergwyngregyn.
B.Opposite Bodnant Gardens.
C.Off the A55 Wales coast road.
D.Next to the A470 on the Bodnant Estate.
【3】How much would you have to pay for the weekend course and two bee toys?
A.£ 64. B.£ 76. C.£ 84. D.£ 96.
29、To tackle the problem of tiny plastics polluting waterways, chemists in the Czech Republic are thinking small. Their brainchild is a new microrobot which is no bigger than the tip of a sharpened pencil. When sunlight hits them, they produce chemical reactions that push them through water in a specific direction. When they find a piece of plastic, they stick to it and start to break it down.
Chemist Martin Pumera at the Czech University led the project. A decade ago, he chose to focus on the problem posed by microplastics. They’re everywhere—from the bottom of the ocean to air blowing onto ice atop mountains. They’ve turned up in drinking water. Some studies estimate that billions of pieces of plastic end up in the world’s waters. The plastic has many sources, from shopping bags to washing and cleaning wipes.
In lab experiments, the star-shaped swimmers stuck onto each of four different types of plastic. And after a week exposed to light, the robots had reduced the weight of the plastics. It wasn’t much—only by percent. But that was an indication that they were breaking the plastic down. They also caused the surface of the plastic to change from smooth to rough. That’s another sign that the robots were degrading (分解) it. The new study is a proof of concept type. That means it shows something can be done successfully.
In fact, Pumera says they still have a long way to go. There are many types of plastics. And even these microrobots are unlikely to succeed in degrading them all. The researchers also have not yet shown how safe this system is for the environment, although Pumera says that’s their next goal. The first real-world test will be in a wastewater-treatment plant. “Indeed,” says one researcher. “We’ll need a lot of testing to show that they’re safe in open waterways, such as at sea.”
【1】The microrobots are powered by ______.
A.water
B.sunlight
C.plastics
D.pencils
【2】What does the author focus on in Paragraph 2?
A.The purpose of Pumera’s project.
B.The preciousness of drinking water.
C.The seriousness of plastic pollution.
D.The working principle of the microrobots.
【3】What shows the effectiveness of the microrobots in lab experiments?
A.The weight loss of the plastics.
B.The disappearance of the plastics.
C.The shape change of the microrobots.
D.The improvement in the purity of water.
【4】Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A.Ways to Obtain Cleaner Drinking Water
B.Microrobots Invented to Treat Wastewater
C.New Hope for the Solution to Plastic Pollution
D.Technology Widely Applied in Environment Protection
30、I turned 16. My father gave me his 1969 Chevrolet Malibu car -a gift_______on me at that age. What did I know about classic_______? The important thing was that Hannah and I could_______ Tucson with the roof down.
Hannah was my best friend, a year younger but much_________, almost five foot ten. “Hannah is a _________ ," my mother always said. And sure enough, that summer she signed with a(n) _______agency.
A month after my _________, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we _______at the McDonald's drive-through, putting the fries on the seat between us to _______ .
“Let's drive around for a while,” I said. It was a____________ night, full moon hung low. Taking a sudden ______________, I hit a patch of dirt and lost control of the car. I then ploughed through a neighbor’s land scape wall and drove into a full-grown palm tree. The____________came to rest halfway up the tree trunk.
The French fries were everywhere----on the floor, the dashboard (仪表盘), and my lap. There was an impossible amount of____________ on Hannah's face and some pieces of skin were hanging into her eyes. In the ____________, my parents told me quietly the best plastic surgeon(整形手术) in the city had ended her modeling career.
When her mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to cry, preparing myself for her______________. She sat beside me and took my hand. ” I drove into the back of my best friend's car when I was your ____________ , " she said. "I ruined her car and mine.”
“I’m so sorry,” I said.
“You are both____________ ,” she said. “The rest is not important.” I stared to protest, but Sharon stopped me. “I ____________ you. Hannah will, too.”
Sharon’s forgiveness______________ Hannah and me to get back in the car together that summer, to stay friends throughout high school and college and to watch our children playing together. The scars(疤痕) are so faded that no one else would__________ , but in the sunlight I can still see it just below her hairline----which, for me, is a sign of grace.
【1】
A.spent
B.wasted
C.suffered
D.lost
【2】
A.cars
B.songs
C.roads
D.movies
【3】
A.show off
B.look for
C.play around
D.drive around
【4】
A.easier
B.stronge
C.taller
D.kinder
【5】
A.beauty
B.dresser
C.giant
D.success
【6】
A.advertising
B.cosmetic
C.modeling
D.service
【7】
A.graduation
B.recovery
C.holiday
D.birthday
【8】
A.stopped
B.stayed
C.ended
D.arrived
【9】
A.explain
B.share
C.contribute
D.reserve
【10】
A.clear
B.warm
C.cloudy
D.soft
【11】
A.change
B.lift
C.turn
D.brake
【12】
A.lights
B.wheels
C.instructions
D.airbags
【13】
A.fries
B.tears
C.gasoline
D.blood
【14】
A.car
B.house
C.station
D.hospital
【15】
A.sympathy
B.sadness
C.anger
D.remark
【16】
A.situation
B.period
C.age
D.role
【17】
A.alive
B.convenient
C.cheerful
D.fearful
【18】
A.forgive
B.demand
C.promise
D.respond
【19】
A.inspired
B.allowed
C.explored
D.considered
【20】
A.accept
B.admire
C.recognize
D.notice
31、 We had a tornado touch down near the school, and as expected, we went into our emergency tornado procedures. It was a day we never wanted to happen, but ______ prepared for throughout the school year. I wasn’t even in the ______ when it happened. I had taken a student with me to the workroom to help ______ items for a project. When the alarm started ______ I immediately grabbed my student’s hand and ______ as fast as I could back to the classroom.
Never did I imagine needing to put our tornado ______ to use. I never imagined actually needing to ______ my students up against the wall, have them crouch(蹲) down with their knees and heads ______ the ground, hands on the backs of their heads. Their hearts were ______ so fast they couldn’t catch their breath, and the ______ filled their eyes looking up at me as they ask if their family and ______ were going to be okay.
I was so proud and surprised at how my students ______ themselves then. In the midst of the very ______ and dangerous situation, my students faced it with the attitudes and mindset of children much ______ than them. Never in my life have I seen my students ______ directions so quickly, precisely, and without hesitation. ______ some tears were shed(掉落), and some hearts were beating fast, my students were brave. They had such a firm ______ in my assistant and myself that they were able to be 100% ______. They were brave beyond their years and today I am very ______ for that.
Right now, I ______ the day and am thankful for our safety, courage, and bravery.
【1】A.hardly B.continually C.safely D.suddenly
【2】A.classroom B.school C.workroom D.laboratory
【3】A.buy B.deliver C.gather D.swap
【4】A.coming about B.blowing away C.sending up D.going off
【5】A.called B.ran C.drove D.stepped
【6】A.drills B.features C.events D.details
【7】A.get B.put C.line D.set
【8】A.kicking B.hitting C.scratching D.touching
【9】A.beating B.jumping C.trembling D.striking
【10】A.courage B.fear C.hope D.disaster
【11】A.brothers B.classmates C.sisters D.friends
【12】A.impressed B.handled C.considered D.injured
【13】A.vivid B.unique C.scary D.practical
【14】A.older B.smarter C.healthier D.luckier
【15】A.announce B.describe C.recite D.follow
【16】A.Since B.Unless C.Although D.Because
【17】A.goal B.emotion C.trust D.conclusion
【18】A.clear B.calm C.cautious D.honest
【19】A.enthusiastic B.sensitive C.confident D.grateful
【20】A.look back on B.make up for C.look forward to D.take advantage of
32、 My close childhood friend, Howard Allen, brought us good news. He spent the last eight years ________ night school to get his bachelor’s degree while working a full-time job. After years of late ________ and weekends of doing course work and studying, ________ he graduated last month.
He remained in our hometown after high school, but most of his ________, myself included, left our ________ to other states for university and employment. Over time, newfound responsibilities, families, and other things have made it ________ that we’re back in our hometown at the same time.
One of our mutual (共同的) friends ________ a wonderful idea. We made a weekend plan that ________ we’d all fly back to our hometown to ________ him and celebrate his accomplishment.
We contacted (联系) Allen’s mom and ________ how to have Allen come to the surprise ________ party. We decided that his mom told him that he was going to have dinner with just his ________ to celebrate. Little did he know that the dinner would ________ a 20-person affair with his old friends present from all over the country! Meanwhile, Allen likes cakes very much, and I ________ a big one, whose flavor was his ________, which I knew from my childhood.
When Allen ________ to have “dinner with his grandparents”, he was ________ surprised and moved. He told us how much it ________ to him that we all flew in to make him feel ________. It was obvious that the party was a great ________, but that was what we should do. As is often said, whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
【1】A. building B. attending C. repairing D. cleaning
【2】A. days B. mornings C. afternoons D. nights
【3】A. finally B. quickly C. strangely D. naturally
【4】A. sisters B. brothers C. friends D. teachers
【5】A. office B. hometown C. company D. job
【6】A. famous B. rare C. familiar D. fun
【7】A. liked B. remembered C. hatched D. knew
【8】A. in secret B. by luck C. in return D. by chance
【9】A. invite B. find C. surprise D. face
【10】A. showed B. answered C. watched D. discussed
【11】A. Christmas B. birthday C. graduation D. business
【12】A. relatives B. grandparents C. colleagues D. classmates
【13】A. turn into B. go through C. deal with D. care about
【14】A. discovered B. received C. drew D. ordered
【15】A. favorite B. plan C. dream D. design
【16】A. stopped B. arrived C. waited D. expected
【17】A. totally B. frankly C. suddenly D. normally
【18】A. described B. explained C. suggested D. meant
【19】A. calm B. confident C. brave D. special
【20】A. invention B. devotion C. success D. medal
33、 Ann's neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local high school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on it. Ann said that she could______it only for the day.
Tracy took photos of the______and printed off 400 FOUND fliers (传单), and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann bought some pet______in the dollar store nearby, and warned her two______not to fall in love with it. At the time, Ann's son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was______from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still______the dog, whom they had started to______Riley.When she came back home from work, the dog______itself against the screen door and barked______at her.
As soon as she opened the door, Riley______into the boys' room where Ann______that Jack was suffering a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, and as soon as Ann bent over to______him, the dog went____
"If it hadn't come to get me, the______said Jack would have died," Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to______the dog, so Ann decided to keep it.
The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peterson______his dog and called the______on the flier. Tracy started______,and told him, "That dog______my friend's son."
Peterson drove to Ann's house to______his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peterson said, "Maybe Odie was supposed to fmd you, maybe you should keep it."
【1】A. accept B. control C. watch D. train
【2】A. dog B. neighbor C. school D. house
【3】A. books B. toys C. clothes D. supplies
【4】A. sons B. brothers C. daughters D. sisters
【5】A. escaping B. recovering C. resigning D. dying
【6】A. playing with B. looking after C. thinking of D. talking about
【7】A. call B. visit C. mean D. mention
【8】A. rested B. supported C. knocked D. threw
【9】A. angrily B. aimlessly C. madly D. weakly
【10】A. stared B. reached C. dashed D. followed
【11】A. believed B. found C. heard D. remembered
【12】A. wake B. calm C. carry D. help
【13】A. silent B. crazy C. sad D. angry
【14】A. reporter B. doctor C. writer D. owner
【15】A. retreat B. greet C. comfort D. claim
【16】A. appreciated B. missed C. recognized D. raised
【17】A. name B. number C. witness D. paper
【18】A. arguing B. cheering C. shouting D. crying
【19】A. saved B. trusted C. needed D. understood
【20】A. show off B. give up C. pick up D. see off
34、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?
Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.
The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.
The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.
In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.
So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?
According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.
But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.
Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”
35、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.
I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.
For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.
At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.
The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”
36、A: Excuse me, do you know where the chemistry lab is?
B: Yes. It’s just on the fifth floor of this b【1】.
A: How often do you do c【2】experiments there?
B: Twice a week.
A: Can you go there without a t【3】?
B: No. That’s not allowed.
A: What does the teacher often tell you to do when you are doing an e【4】?
B: He often tells us to look c【5】and follow the i【6】.
A: What will you do when you finish the experiment?
B: We must put e【7】back in the cupboards and wash our hands.
A: Right. It is very i【8】to keep the lab clean.
B: Yes, safe as well. We must turn off the e【9】before l【10】the lab.
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Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.
38、假定你是李华, 你校英文报“外国文化”栏目拟刊登关于圣诞节来历和习俗的短文。请给你的美国笔友Adam写信约稿, 要点如下:
1. 栏目介绍 | 展示外国文化,增长学生见闻 |
2. 稿件内容 | 关于圣诞节来历和习俗 |
3. 稿件长度 | 约400词左右 |
4. 交稿日期 | 12月15日前 |
注意: 1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯;
3.开头语已为你写好。
Dear Adam,
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Yours,
Lihua
39、假定你是李华,得知你校外籍学生George想加人学校某一社团(club).请你给他写一封邮件,内容包括:1.推荐社团;2.推荐理由;3. 表达祝愿。
注意:1.词数80左右;2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
40、假定你是李华,你校将举办主题为“Healthy Eating”的健康饮食讲座。你的留学生朋友John对中国饮食很感兴趣,请你用英语写一封邮件,邀请他参加此次活动。内容包括以下要点:
1.活动时间和地点;
2.活动的内容和意义。
注意:
1.词数100词左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,使行文连贯。
Dear John,
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Yours,
Li Hua
41、假如你是李华,你的留学生朋友Tony对戏剧很感兴趣,请你用电子邮件告知他本周末你们学校戏剧社将举办戏剧Pygmalion的排练活动并邀请他参加,内容包括:
1. 排练地点和时间;
2. 具体的活动内容。
注意:1. 词数100左右;开头已给出,不计入总数。
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
可能用到的词汇:戏剧drama 排练rehearsal
Dear Tony,
How’s it going?
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Yours,
Lihua