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3、e shirt?A.$le.ls B.$9.5 c.$9.151.What does the man advise the woman to do?A Collect her books.B.Throw out her books.C.Give away her books.2.When does the woman want to go to the museum?A.Right after breakfast.B.After her mother leaves.C.Before she goes shopping.3.What does the man really think of Tw
4、ifier?A.Inconvenient.B.Modern C.Out-of-date.4.What is the woman tying to do?A.Create a game.B.Send an enrail.C.Sfrengthen her memory.5.What are the speakers talking about?A.Aphoto.B.The mans brother.C.The womans hair.ffi=fr(jt 1s zJrffi;lfffi t.s ll,ffitt 22.s,l)ffiTm 5&rtifr*r&H.&rJifrs.tfr,frfrHrl
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6、cert B.At a cinema.C.At ararlway stationwHt&fr+,tsHffi 88effi.8.Why did the wofiran call the man?A.To cancel a booking.B.To make a reservation.C.To change hertrip.4LEifrE8,6 H I F.,*8F9.When is the woman likely to be firee?A.Inmid-January.B.InMarch.C.lnhalf ayear.rIrH s ftfrH,wEH to 6 12 g.10.When d
7、id the manplace the ordsr online?A,Two days ago.B.Ten dap ago.C.I-astweek11.What information does the worun ask for?A.The order number.B.The shipping address.C.The phone number.12.How does the man probably Gel in the end?A.Excited-B.Wonied.C.Frustrated.pfiffigwBtf*,EEH 13 E 16 ffi13.Whyis the woman
8、moving?A.To save money.B.To build a career.C.To escape cold weather.14.What happened to the clubs in San Francisco?A.They were bumed down.B.They were pulled down.C.They were turned into restaurants15.Where does the womans family live mostly?A.In Philadelphia.B.In New York.C.In San Francisco.16.What
9、is the womans dream?A.Becoming famous.B.Getting rrarried.C.Attending performances.Wrffi ro Ett F,EEH t7 E 20 ffi17.What attacts most tourists to Mexico City?A.Delicious food.B.Various activities.C.Colorfrrl nightlife.18.Why does the speaker mairly suggest walking around?A.To do shopping.B.To kill ti
10、me.C.To talk with pople.19.What can you do in Mexico City?A.Visit some pyramids.B.Satis$your appetite.C.Meet various visitors.20.What is the purpose of this alk?A.To infonn students of the city.B.To encourage people to visit.C.To intoduce a different culture.H:il,F0EI#(rtEffi,t#ilrsiH-fr(*10 zJffi;,
11、J.ffi 2.s tl,ffill zs ll.AE?J Titi oAEleven years ago,the world as I loew it ended.My husband of 19 years was diagnosed with terminalcancer.Over the couse of seven months,Bill went from beating me silly at teirnis to needing my help to goto the bathroom.It was the best seven months of my life.Maybe
12、I dont actually mean thaL Byt it was certainly the time when I felt most alive.I discoveredthat the minor complaint of an annoying co-worker,or a flat tire nales in conparison with the beauty ofsincere laughtet,or the smells of a bakery.There were moments of joy,laughter,and tenderness.AfterBills di
13、agnosis and brain surgery I found clinical tials and talked to doctors in Texas,Pennsylvania,andNew York.It gave me a sense of purpose.4ttiffi#HzW.,lt8FIn the latter days,being Bills caregiver also meant being fully present for as many moments of everyday as possible.Dr:ring his last weeken we had d
14、inner 0ogether.l-atrr,a relative visited.I noticed thatshed changed her appearance,and not in a good way.It was the kind of tlrought Id usually keep to myself.Just then,Bill voiced exactly what Id been thinking,in that truthful way he had,and I found myselflaughing out loud.I thought I could look af
15、ter this man forever.However,he would be dead in four days.Eleven years later,I havent started a foundation to cure cancer.I havent left the news business to geta medical degree.But every day;I ty to again be the persorl I became drxing those seven months.I try tobe a little less judgmental,a little
16、 more forgiving and generous.I am a better person for having been Billscaregiver.It was his last,best gift to me.21.What is true about her husband?A.He was a poor tennis player.B.He had to talk to doctors in different cities.C.His brain didnt function well because of the surgery.D.He had to be accom
17、panied mostly during his illness.22.What does the underlined word!ales in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Proves unavoidable.C.Tums whiter than usual.23.What is the best title of the passage?A.A Caregivers Hard WorkC.The BestTime of My LifeB.Seems less important.D.Becomes more significant.B.My t oving HusbandD.T
18、he Greatest Gift to MeBA Japanese company has created a smart mask that aims to improve communication for peoplewearing face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-l9.The use of face masks has become normal in parts of the world still struggling to reduce the spread ofthe coronavirus.However,it ca
19、n affect the qualrty of communication betwecn wearers.The wearable electronic device is desigrred to help improve speech communication in such conditions.The Japanese company Donut Robotics calls its invention the e-mask.The device is meant to fit overother kinds of face masks commonly wom by the pu
20、blic.Made of soft plastic material,it contains a built-in microphone and has holes in the front to let air in.When tumed on,the mask uses Bluetooth technology to connect to a mobile device.An app then helpsusers perform several actions,including tuming speech into text,completing telephone calls and
21、 makingthe users voice louder.The device can also translate a persons voice from Japanese into eight otherlanguages.Taisuke,the head of Donut Robotics,told the Reuters,We worked hard for years to develop a robotand we have used that technology to create a product that responds to how the coronavirus
22、 has reshapedsociety.He noted ttrat the company raised$265,000 in just the first 37 minutes to develop the smart maskthrough a campaip on the Japanese crowdfrmding service Fundinno.It would usually take three or fourmonths to get that kind of money,Taisuke said.The cornpany produced a working model
23、of the mask within a month by using software developed forits other robot products.The mask desrgn was similar to one created years ago by one of the coupanysengineers that mapped facial muscles to interpret speech-Taisuke said the company plans to sell its first 5,000 e-masks starting in Septerrber
24、,at about$40 permash in an effort to ontr a global market that newly appeared.?f,iE+gmi&#.zH lttH24.Whats the purpose of the newosmarfmask?A.To help protect people from being struck by COVID-I9.B.To help COVID-I9 patie,nts commrmicate with the doctors.C.To make it convenient to cornmunicate with fac
25、e rnasks onD.To hanslate human thoughts or facial expressions into words.25.How does the e-mask perform its finrction?A.By connecting to an app on a mobile device.B.By using Bluetooth to make the users voice clear.C.Bytuming the wearers dialect into standard language.D.By being fitted into plastic f
26、ace masks that people wear.26.How did Taisuke probably feel about the companys fimdraising result?A.Somewhat relieved.B.Greatly encouraged.C.Slightlyconfused.D.Teniblydisappointed.cA new study suggests that Medicare could spend billions of dollars on screaning(ffiH&A)smokersfor lung cancer that woul
27、d be better spent on helping them quit and keeping others from starting.The new study indicated that screening more often suppor&d smokersbeliefs that they could safelycontinue to smoke.Most participanb remained smoking because they believed screening could catchcancer early before it would threaten
28、 their lives.They compared how hard it was to quit smoking with how easy it was to be screened,said Steve,n B.Zeliad the lead author of the study.They engaged in magical thinking that now theres this wonderfulpainless external test that can save lives.He and seven colleagues conducted the study of 3
29、7 current smokers who were offered lung cancerscreening at Deparhrent of Veteran Afrain.After being screened and told the results,they were interviewedabout their smoking-related health beliefs.For about half of those,cancer was not found.Screeninglowered their motivation for quitting,the team repor
30、ted in July in JAIA Intemal Medicine.Theparticipants focused only on lrng cancr,ignoring other potential harm of smoking.A national study published fou years ago found that annual CT screening for lung cancer three yeaJsin a row could reduce deaths among heavy smokers by about 20 percent.In an inter
31、view,Dr.Russell P.Harris,a preventive medicine specialist at the IINC-Chapel Hill,noted thal Screening is being believed bypeople as an alternative to stopping smoking.But stopping smoking would have huge benefits for theindividual and society.Furthermore,smoking causes many other cancers.Dr.Hanis a
32、greed that rather than screening,money is better spent on smoking prevention.Hesuggested providing free stop-smoking aids,sponsoring anti-smoking advertising and raising taxes ontobacco products and the age at which people are allowed to buy then:27.Wbat does the new study suggest?A.Helping people q
33、uit smoking is better than screening the,m for cancer.B.Screening can find cancer in patients and give therr timely feamrcnt.C.Admitting smoking before screening can help one to stop smoking.D.Screening technology remains to be advauced and more effective.28.How will most smokers react after taking
34、screening?A.They will lose hope and continue smoking again.B.They will be scared by the result and quit smoking.C.They will believe screening can catch cancer early and not quit.D.They will hrow screening costs less than smoking to some extent.fii:4i+EfiiE#afr.Jteffi29.What does the underlined word
35、the/in Paragraph 4 refer to?A.Dr.Harris andhis patients,B.Sieven 7*liadtand his colleagues.C.The smokers sclee,lred in the study.D.The patientssmokingielated health beliefs.30.Which of the followiniiib Dr.Harris most likely to agree with?A.Screening does uot make people feel painful and can save liv
36、es.B.The age limit on buying tobacco products strould be lowered.C.Screening decreases peoples risk of getting caocer geatly.D.Money shouldbe allocated for smoking prevention.ffi*fi(t5 uJ.ffi;rlffi 2tl,ffih l0r)fRffi ffi t 6 6,/Jffixtrffie4+i6 H 6AE A E ft ktEEj&4.Wfr+Hryfix*frfi Should you listen t
37、o music when you work?Some will say they love it,claiming that it inrproves theirperforrrance;others will say they cannot work effectively with music playing in the backgrormd.3l_ It just depends on what sort of work youre doing.In a recent study,we brought paricipants into our lab with a variety of
38、 tasks.They included an easytask-*earching through word lists and crossing out words containing the letter a and a more diffieulttask-memorizing word pairs and recalling the partner to each word.Some participants completed all ofthe tasks in silence,whereas others completed the tasts with instrument
39、al mrsic that was either loud or soft,and either simple or complex,the latter meaning music with more instrumental tacks._*j2_We found that participants who listened to simple music ot no music performed about the same on theeasy task.33_ Contarily,participants perforrred worse on the more difficult
40、 task when theylistened to any music,regardless of complexity or volume,compared to those who didnt listen to anymuslc.34perform easy tasks,whereas demanding tasks require more brainpower.However,because we might be lessengaged during easier tasks,theres a greater risk of drifting off to sleep.Music
41、 might give us the extraboost we need to get refreshed.35-Listening to music can become overmi*ImffiI,l trxffi&ffiffi*ffJA.B.cflDEl+84+,&u4uH eEAfit&E&,*&#ffi#,_LW&fi*,H.I was a boy of nine in 1960.I used to mow the lawn for Mrs.ong.She paid me little for the job,but36_ to grve me a Christnas presen
42、t.Not surprisingly,we typically need to trse fewer of our mental resources when weI spent mnph time 37_ what it would be.Maay bop had baseball gloves or ice skates and I was38_ to have any of these.t would _39_ be a baseball glove,I-40-wittr myself.Shewouldnt know much about baseball.So I was 4l-tha
43、t she would give me ice skates.I even42_ myself upon the skates.s f:ffishas approached it was with _43-that I tried to stop myself from reporting to Mrs.Long and demanding my presnt.On December 22,1 _4tr-myself at the door of the house.Mrs.Longsat me in a chair and handed me a small box which under
44、no circunstances could-45-a pair of skatesI was _46_.When lifting it from her,I was curious about be-7-of the present.It weighedalmostnothingWhat is it?I asked.A kind of magic,she said.Her words were enough to set my mind dancing with new-48-.There were other presents of normal dimension and weight.
45、But Mrs.Longs box dominated all,for it hadto do with_49_.On Christmas moming,before the srm was up,I had this box on my knees.With great-50-tope,ned the box to find inside ten sheets of black paper,each labeled in colorful lefiers,Carbon Paper RegalPremium.What is it?I asked.Mum took two pieces of w
46、hite paper,placed bstween them one of theblack paper,and wrote my name on the rryper sheet.Then she handed me the second sheet,which herpencil had in no way touched.There was my name!It was a miracle to my _51-mind.In that one moment,I-52-the ideas about theduplication(EfiJ)of words and the printing
47、 and the mystery of qpreading ideas.Thaok Mrs.Img for her_53_ to guess that a boy might profit from a present totally outside the realm(firq)of his 54-experience.The average present _55_ satisfies a terporary desire;the great one lights tp all the years of lifetlnt remain.36.A.allowed37.A.asking38.A
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50、nderingD.determinedD.definitelyD.complainedD.satisfiedD.imaginedD.confirmationD.errployedD.involveD.disappointedD.meaningD.possibilitiesD.beliefD.confide,nceD.creativeD.practicedD.encouragementD.rmforgettableD.merelyHr#GF&#Etrr)ffi=fr(X l0 zJrff;rJrffi t.s h,iffir;ls rl)mi*TmfJF,Ee H&Lq iE=Ht fi#(I+
51、S-ir)*+fi 6 S-if,Nrttfrtrtfr,As a child,Obaida Omar56-(nanow)escaped the enemys invasion of her nativeAfghanistan,walking for weeks through the mountains.Now-57-mother of three and IslamicCenter of Rochester board member,Omat provided first-hand experience of what it means to be a childmade 58_(home
52、)by war as the speaker at the Dinner for Peace hosted by the StudentAssociation for the Development of Arab Culturat Awareness last Saturday.About 250 guests atterded thedinner,the profit ofwill go to education for children affectedbythe Middle Eastern crisis.Children did not create this conflictthe
53、y are its greatest victims,said AlanoudAlzaid,the groups presideng who gave the opening speech at the dinner.Tonight we have raised roughlyS3,000 in profi!which means over 1,000 children can get the educafion they deserve,he said.-61-yoq tonight would not have been possible.(entertain)the audience,t
54、he Yellow Jackets kicked the night offwith a(select)of lively songs.oWeil_(plan)this for two months now.It feels wonderful to see suchan amazing performance.It brings back the hurnan element making you remember that were all the same.said Gabby StilLnan,a(rwelve)grader.HEISTI 5rf(rfffi-f,iffir 40 fi
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56、ifr frlig.H,ffizfar*-+fi Hffi ffi s.When a tomado touched down in a small town nearby,many families were left completely ruined.Afterward all the local newspapers carried many human-intqest stories featuring some of the families whosuffered the hardestiEiilt ffi 7 fr r 8FOne Sunday,a particular pict
57、ure especially touched me.A young wolnan stood in front of an ntirelyshattered(&BB!)mobile home,a depressed exprcssion on her face.A young boy,seven or eight years old,stood at her side,elcs doumward.Clutching at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camerq eyeswide with confirsion and fear.
58、The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family mernber.With growinginterest,I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours.This would be a good opportunity to teach mychildren to help those less fornmate than themselves.I sf,rck the picture of the young family on ourr
59、efrige,rator,explaining their difficutty to my swen-year-old twins,Brad and Brett and to three-year-oldMeghan.These poor oeople now have nothing,I said,Well share what we have with them.I brought threelarge boxes doum from the room upstairs and placed them on the living room floor.Meehan watchedseri
60、ously,as the bop and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and fbods.While I sorted ttrough our clothes,I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some oftheir less favorite+hings.Meghan watched quiefly as the bop piled up old toys and gam6.Meghan walked up with Lucy,her worn,mu
61、ch-loved rag doll hugsed tightly to her chest.She cameto the box that held the toys,pressed her rormd little face into Lucys flat,painted-onface,gave her a finalkiss,then laid her gently on top ofthe other toys.*Otq Honey,I said.You dont have to give Lucy.You love her so much.Meghan nodded seriously
62、,eyes filled with held-back tears.Lucy makes me happv.Mommy.Maybeshell make tha other little girl happy,too.tLt,t.ffi*EffiIBiiArytrh n/ifr;2.M.tfrH 5+DJ,IEI+trf-T lil#.Ht*ffi ifl iF;3.*E#F li:ihfrw.,effi#*jFd,hlh5frt4.*E ft.fr,tr,iFffi Ttrl*tbifilirffi lfr.H ffi xfiriaE.Paragraph IThe boys,with their mouth wide open,watched as their baby sister placed herfworite doll in the box.Paragraph 2I looked at my childrenfor a long moment.4itsltffi#ffi8fr.,+8F
