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1、The local shops have been marked in on this map so that people can choose a house in a ______ area.
A.ambitious B.suitable C.beneficial D.absent
2、Teaching is not just a simple piece of work; it’s an art _____ a science.
A.is based on B.based with C.based on D.depended on
3、All of us were________to hear that Lily, our company's most valued clerk, should say she would leave the company.
A.alarming B.alarmed C.terrified D.satisfied
4、The wolves hid themselves in the places ________ couldn’t be found.
A．where
B．that
C．because
D．in that
5、I’d appreciate ___ if you could come and help me once more and I always appreciate _____ me with my English in the past.
A. this; you to help B. it; your helping
C. it; you to help D. that; you helping
6、—What a shame! You missed my birthday party!
—I’m terribly sorry, dear. Believe me, if I could have afforded the time, I _________.
A.would B.should C.would have D.should have
7、No child under 12 is allowed to go to the lake alone; any walk close to the lake ________by a parent.
A．must be accompanied
B．must accompany
C．can be accompanied
D．should accompany
8、From their position on the top of the TV Tower, visitor can have a better _____ of the city.
A. sight B. scene
C. view D. scenery
9、Being a good listener is a kind a quality and that's ________ it takes to keep friendship.
A．which
B．what
C．how
D．where
10、The young teacher has ________ ambitious.
A. been proved to be B. proved to be
C. been proved D. proved being
11、“Never for a second,” the boy said, “ ________ my father would come to my rescue.”
A.I doubted that B.do I doubt whether
C.did I doubted if D.did I doubt that
12、There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party. You _____ have come, but why didn’t you?
A.must B.shouldn’t C.needn’t D.ought to
13、—Can I help you, sir？
—Yes, I bought this radio here yesterday, but it________.
A.didn’t work B.won’t work
C.can’t work D.doesn’t work
14、Due to the super typhoon Haiyan, all the flights were delayed or cancelled, so the conference had to be ________.
A. put up B. put through C. put off D. put down
15、Compared to English, Spanish is a _______ easy language to learn.
A.rapidly B.relatively C.regularly D.respectively
16、One of the secretary’s jobs is to ___________ letters and mails.
A.help out B.dry out C.sort out D.stick out
17、Reading aloud in the morning is _______ to learning a foreign language.
A.benefit B.used C.beneficial D.habit
18、_____ on the subject for half an hour, Liu Ying suddenly realized she had done the wrong subject.
A.To be working B.Work C.Having been working D.Have worked
19、I would appreciate____________ if you could help me out when I am in trouble.
A．that
B．one
C．it
D．this
20、Climate change is projected to have far-reaching____ — including sea level rise flooding cities and shifting weather patterns causing long-term declines in agricultural production.
A.contributions B.confusions C.consequences D.feedbacks
21、—In the last few months, Kenny _____ more than 1,000 dollars for breaking traffic rules.
—No surprise. He is always being careless.
A. would be fined B. had been fined C. has been fined D. will be fined
22、The manager is someone who is all the prejudices against women in the workplace and who creates his own values and purpose.
A.away from B.free from C.far from D.apart from
23、No matter how busy he is, Tom makes ______ a rule to see his grandparents every weekend.
A．this
B．that
C．it
D．him
24、Many college students are willing to work in Western China after graduation ______, poor and backward as it is, more opportunities of employment are available.
A. when B. where C. that D. which
25、As is known to all, the Tower of London was as a matter of fact _______used to be a prison _______ some famous victims were held in.
A.where; where B.which; where C.that; what D.what; that

26、 On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent dreads: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins--a girl and a boy--were born 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live.
“I saw him gasp, but the doctor said it was no use,” Kate said. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up easily.”
Still, the couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.
“I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us,” Kate said. “We’d resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”
Kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.
“We were trying to have him,” Kate said. “We explained his name and that he had a twin and how hard we had tried to have him.”
Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again—and then he started breathing. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. The couple’s lost boy had made it.
Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy.
【1】From what can we tell that Jamie was still alive?
A.His heartbeat. B.His pulse. C.His gasp. D.His underweight.
【2】Why did the parents lie with the baby boy in one bed?
A.The family wanted to stay together and keep warm.
B.The family wanted to have their private space.
C.The parents were so tired and wanted to rest.
D.The parents wanted to spend the last minutes with Jamie.
【3】What can be the best title for the passage?
A.Premature Twins B.Life-giving Touch
C.First-time Parents D.Last Precious Moments
27、 What does it take to be a good neighbor? Over the years I have had all kinds of neighbors, ones that were enjoyable and others that were to be avoided at all costs.
One of the most important things in being a good neighbor is to respect a person’s privacy(隐私).When someone new moves into the neighborhood it is a good idea to watch them to see how friendly you should be. If you go rushing over as soon as they move in they may think you are going to be one of those neighbors that come over at all times of the day, not respecting their privacy.
It is a good idea always to be friendly to everyone in the neighborhood. This can not only put you on good terms with them, but will also be a form of protection for your family and home. If you wave as they drive by or offer a friendly hello while they are out in their yard this shows that you respect them. If you are friendly to them they are much more likely to watch out for any wrong doings going on around your home while you are out and let you know if anything happens.
Another way of being a good neighbor is to be helpful in times of need. If you see that they are in need of a helping hand doing something or in times of a disaster, it is good to offer your help. Even though you have never really talked to the people down the street, they are willing to take the time to help out a neighbor in need.
In conclusion, if you respect a person’s privacy, treat them kindly and be helpful when you see they are in need, you will be a great neighbor and anyone would be happy to have you next door!
【1】When someone moves into your neighborhood you should_______.
A. visit them frequently B. know their privacy
C. respect them always D. avoid meeting them
【2】If you are always friendly to your neighbors you can________.
A. keep your family safe B. often visit their yard
C. make friends with them D. have your own privacy
【3】In the opinion of the author, neighbors should always be_______.
A. helpful, strong and kind B. respectful, friendly and helpful
C. honest, active and friendly D. polite, honest and kind
【4】The author develops the passage based on his_______.
A. wide knowledge B. scientific experiments
C. careful research D. real experiences
28、A team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new hightech systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.
“It's extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components,” said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the goahead to start piecing together the components. “The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own，” he said.
They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it's connected to，” said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.
While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, offboard power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a builtin power source, so that it might someday perform datagathering work at rescue sites，in farmers' fields or on the battlefield. “Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around，” he said.
Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insectscale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead，” he said. “So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a daytoday basis.”
【1】The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that ________.
A．they had no model in their mind
B．they did not have sufficient time
C．they had no readymade components
D．they could not assemble the components
【2】It can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly ________.
A．can just fly in limited areas at the present time
B．consists of a flight device and a control system
C．can collect information from many sources
D．has been put into wide application
【3】Which of the following can be learned from the passage?
A．The robotic fly is designed to learn about insects.
B．Animals are not allowed in biological experiments.
C．There used to be few ways to study how insects fly.
D．Wood's design can replace animals in some experiments.
29、 There was a man playing the piano in a bar. He was a good piano player and always performed in this bar. People came in just to hear him play. But one night, a customer told him that he didn't want to hear him just play the piano any more. He wanted him to sing a song.
The man said, "I don't sing." But the customer was persistent(执着的). He told the bar manager, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want that man to sing!" The manager shouted across the room, "If you want to get paid, sing a song. Our customers are asking you to sing!" So he did. He sang a song. A piano player who had never sung in public did so for the first time. And everyone was surprised by his song Mona Lisa. He got lots of applause that night. He had such a talent for singing, but he just had been sitting on his talent for the past years! If without such a chance, he may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. However, now he has become one of the best-known singers in America.
You, too, have skills and abilities. Maybe your "talent" is not as great as the singer above, but it may be better than you think! And with effort, most skills can be improved. So, in your life, you should be brave enough to try doing different things and find out what talents you really have!
【1】Why did the man start to sing?
A.Because he wanted to make more money.
B.Because the bar manager said he liked his song.
C.Because the manager asked him to sing at the request of a customer.
D.Because he wanted to show everyone that he had a talent for singing.
【2】What can we know from the passage?
A.The man didn't get paid at last.
B.The customers were unsatisfied with the song.
C.The man became a singer later.
D.The manager had to lay the man off.
【3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Some people really have no skills or abilities.
B.Sometimes through effort we can know our talents.
C.None of us is as great as the singer.
D.No skills can be improved even if you try your best.

30、 I was on a plane returning home to Dallas, Texas after completing my duty in Vietnam. There were no hometown parades for us veterans (退役老兵) from that ____ war and I had been warned about the unfriendliness from our countrymen at that time. ____, I was just trying to get home without incident.
I sat, in uniform, in a window seat, ____ eye contact with my fellow passengers. No one was sitting in the seat next to me, which ____ my loneliness. A little girl, not more than 10 years old, suddenly ____ in the passage. She smiled and, without a word, ____ handed me a magazine. I accepted her ____ together with her quiet “welcome home”. I turned to the window and wept. Her small ____ of caring was the first I had ___ in a long time.
I believe in the ____ between strangers when we reach out to one another.
Today, that young girl ____ has no memory of what happened years ago. I like to think of her as having grown up, continuing to ____ others and teaching her children to do the same. I know she might have been told to give me the “____” by her parents. It doesn’t matter why she gave me the magazine. The ____ thing is she did.
From then on, I have followed her ____ and tried, in different ways for ____ people, to do the same for them. I know that my ____ since then are all due to that little girl. Her offer of a magazine to a tired, scared and ____ soldier has echoed (产生回响) throughout my ____. I have to believe that my small gestures have the same ___ on others.
【1】A.fair B.great C.unpopular D.unexpected
【2】A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Meanwhile
【3】A.making B.keeping C.reducing D.avoiding
【4】A.resulted from B.accounted for C.added to D.contributed to
【5】A.screamed B.appeared C.jumped D.waved
【6】A.anxiously B.casually C.unconsciously D.shyly
【7】A.admiring B.offering C.apology D.invitation
【8】A.gesture B.discussion C.idea D.exchange
【9】A.predicted B.imagined C.experienced D.evaluated
【10】A.coincidence B.connection C.conflict D.conversation
【11】A.ridiculously B.surprisingly C.unfortunately D.undoubtedly
【12】A.panic B.tease C.touch D.judge
【13】A.gift B.lesson C.reminder D.reward
【14】A.important B.unusual C.appropriate D.concrete
【15】A.advice B.dream C.example D.requirement
【16】A.old B.wounded C.homeless D.different
【17】A.worries B.attempts C.puzzles D.emotions
【18】A.unfit B.tough C.lonely D.desperate
【19】A.life B.duty C.career D.journey
【20】A.stress B.effect C.threat D.consequence
31、 In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The ___is that countries around the world have growing mountains of____because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.
How did we____a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to____an object than to spend time and money to repair it.____modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and____.
Another cause is our____of disposable (一次性的) products. As____people, we are always looking for____to save time and make our lives easier. Companies____thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.
Our appetite for new products also____to the problem. We are____buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that____is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we____useful possessions to make room for new ones.
All around the world, we can see the____of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To____the amount of rubbish and to protect the____, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.____, this is not enough to solve our problem.
Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions____throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about____. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.
【1】A. problem B. reason C. project D. key
【2】A. gifts B. products C. debt D. rubbish
【3】A. face B. change C. observe D. become
【4】A. hide B. replace C. control D. withdraw
【5】A. Except for B. As to C. Thanks to D. Regardless of
【6】A. safe B. cheap C. funny D. powerful
【7】A. prevention B. lack C. love D. division
【8】A. sensitive B. busy C. brave D. kind
【9】A. places B. ways C. jobs D. friends
【10】A. produce B. receive C. donate D. preserve
【11】A. adapts B. returns C. contributes D. responds
【12】A. addicted to B. tired of C. worried about D. ashamed for
【13】A. larger B. stronger C. higher D. newer
【14】A. throw away B. pay for C. hold onto D. pick up
【15】A. advantages B. consequences C. functions D. purposes
【16】A. decrease B. record C. show D. measure
【17】A. technology B. consumers C. environment D. brands
【18】A. Meanwhile B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. However
【19】A. instead of B. in favour of C. after D. by
【20】A. advertising B. collecting C. repairing D. spending
32、 At six feet, seven inches tall and weighing 253 pounds, Father was a quiet giant（巨人） who only roared when he was angry. He would work long days, often _________when I was already in bed. My two younger sisters and I both loved and feared him. Hearing the words, “Just wait until your father comes home,” would guarantee the three of us would start _________well immediately. I was seven years old the night the “giant” became a person, and my _________. All it took was the _________of a tiny, dirty kitten.
I _________ to the sounds of my father coming home from work. I slipped out of bed and moved quietly towards the living room in hopes of spending a few precious minutes _________ with my parents without my annoying sisters around.
I heard mum say, “We cannot _________ it.” What was the “it”? The giant saw me and _________ I should sit down near him. I was at a loss, although _________ might be a better word, for I had never seen or heard of a giant crying before. Unshed（满眶） tears __________up in his eyes. His cheeks were __________
The giant reached into a cardboard box and brought out a dirty young cat and __________ it on my lap. I was soon __________, as the giant shared a story with mum. As he spoke, with shaking shoulders caused by __________and at times sorrow, he transformed from a giant to a man who became my hero.
He __________ that he was on his way home when he heard two men laughing and talking. As he rounded the corner, he heard the most terrible scream of pain. He couldn’t __________ what he saw. The men had thrown a kitten into a furnace（火炉）. He yelled and ran up to them but it was too__________. He couldn’t save the kitten. The men had run away and he was about to run after them when he saw another kitten at his feet.
“We have to __________ it; we have to keep it!” said the giant.
“It needs a __________,” said mum.
“I can help, Mommy!”
Reminded of my presence, mum and my hero sent me off to bed. As I fell asleep, I heard mum running some water.
We named the kitten Cinder and it joined our family. I never saw “the giant” again; I only saw my hero and a man whose heart was __________ than he was.
【1】A.greeting B.chatting C.returning D.wandering
【2】A.waiting B.escaping C.preparing D.behaving
【3】A.model B.hero C.tutor D.friend
【4】A.visit B.story C.arrival D.life
【5】A.awoke B.listened C.rushed D.dreamed
【6】A.straight B.alone C.indoors D.gradually
【7】A.keep B.leave C.train D.clean
【8】A.appealed B.urged C.indicated D.forced
【9】A.regretful B.hopeless C.happy D.terrified
【10】A.built B.rolled C.blocked D.welled
【11】A.wet B.red C.bright D.fresh
【12】A.spread B.placed C.led D.dropped
【13】A.discovered B.forgotten C.convinced D.relieved
【14】A.fear B.surprise C.anxiety D.anger
【15】A.argued B.emphasized C.explained D.summarized
【16】A.believe B.prove C.guess D.judge
【17】A.bad B.late C.fast D.far
【18】A.help B.cure C.need D.buy
【19】A.meal B.rest C.bath D.lift
【20】A.lighter B.purer C.warmer D.larger
33、 Last March, 8-year-old Tony won the New York State chess championship for his age group is achievement is remarkable. What_________more is that he began learning the game less than a year ago. Tony has had a_________life. In 2018 his family moved to New York City due to terrorist attacks in search for a_________place. He started his chess journey in a homeless shelter.
Addicted to the game, Tony begged his mother to_________him to join the school's chess club. Tony_________himself in the game a few weeks after first learning it early last year. School chess coach Shawn Martinez_________his potential. He reached out to Tony's family about_________the school's chess program, and learned they couldn't_________the costs. Russell decided not to charge Tony's fees, which can_________reach thousands with travel and chess camp admissions.
Tony's success can largely lie in his__________. He bent over on the floor with his board (棋盘). __________the game for several hours a day. Every Saturday, Tony and his mother__________a free 3-hour class to help further __________his game skills. He wants to be the youngest grandmaster. We have no doubt the__________youngster will achieve his goal soon!
Not surprisingly, the family received a lot of__________from the American public. The family has raised $2,000,000 and__________a home where he can continue his__________. And the heartwarming story is getting even better! His family has donated the rest of funds to those who are__________the way the family was.
It's an inspiring example of how life__________do not necessarily define (定义) a person. Tony displays a（an）__________spirit-in chess and in life.
A．puzzles
B．amazes
C．thrills
D．troubles
A．simple
B．lonely
C．hard
D．boring
A．busy
B．convenient
C．quiet
D．safe
A．allow
B．promise
C．remind
D．choose
A．involved
B．distinguished
C．behaved
D．accustomed
A．doubted
B．developed
C．saw
D．envied
A．sponsoring
B．performing
C．improving
D．joining
A．reduce
B．afford
C．share
D．calculate
A．easily
B．rarely
C．occasionally
D．slowly
A．change
B．fortune
C．devotion
D．talent
A．watching
B．practicing
C．attending
D．designing
A．subscribe to
B．prepare for
C．make up
D．head for
A．sharpen
B．test
C．display
D．acquire
A．sincere
B．responsible
C．determined
D．sympathetic
A．support
B．invitation
C．welcome
D．recognition
A．decorated
B．secured
C．sought
D．shared
A．schooling
B．life
C．experiment
D．journey
A．moving
B．complaining
C．struggling
D．wandering
A．challenges
B．achievements
C．attitudes
D．stories
A．creative
B．faithful
C．independent
D．winning

34、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.
Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.
35、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.
And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.
The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.
36、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.
Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.
The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.
The fingerprint scanners 【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.
Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving 【10】 (extreme) fast.
37、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.
The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.
Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.
"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.
Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.
"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much

38、假定你是李华，你在你校举行的某一次国际冬令营中结交了一个英国中学生Tom。他了解到中国爆发的新冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)疫情，组织了他学校的中文合唱团(chorus)倾情演唱中文歌《让世界充满爱》(A world filled with love)，为武汉加油。你看了这个小视频非常感动，请给他写一封英文感谢信。要点如下：
1. 表达感动和感谢；
2. 告诉他你的现状；
3. 表达信心和愿望。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Li Hua
39、假设你是红星中学学生李华。目前，随着全球新型冠状病毒肺炎确诊病例数量不断攀升，你的英国笔友Jim发来邮件向你询问在家抗疫和学习的注意事项，请你给他回信，内容包括：
1. 表达关心；2. 介绍经验；3. 分享感受。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
提示词：新型冠状病毒肺炎 the novel coronavirus pneumonia 或 COVID-19；疾病的大流行 pandemic
Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua
40、假如你是李华，从联合国儿童基金会的网站看到一则志愿者招募信息，为疫情期间无法回国的外国儿童提供简单个人卫生指导和心理疏导。请你用英文写一封电子邮件申请信，内容包括：
1.写信目的；
2.个人优势；
3.希望能够被录用。
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.信的开头结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。提示词：疫情期间during the epidemic/pandemic,联合国儿童基金会United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund （UNICEF）
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Yours,
Li Hua
41、假定你是红星中学的李华，你的英国朋友Peter热爱体育运动，他将作为交换生到你校学习一年。请你给他写封邮件，主要内容包括:
1. 介绍你校体育课程及活动;
2. 推荐一项中国传统体育项目。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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