【1】Why is the man nervous?

A.He doesn’t like job interviews.

B.He doesn’t want to lose his job.

C.He doesn’t have many employment options.

【2】How long was the woman out of work?

A.Three months.B.Six months.C.Two years.

【3】How did the man live without work and pay?

A.With money from his brother.

B.With money from his parents.

C.With money from his savings.

A.The man’s job.

B.The man’s marriage.

C.The man’s relationship with his assistant.

A.To get a toy

B.To work as a designer.

C.To earn money for a car.

1.學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)容和方式；

2.鍛煉方式；

3.感想。

參考詞匯：the novel coronavirus新型冠狀病毒；pneumonia肺炎 lockdown n.封城；quarantine v.隔離

要求：1.詞數(shù)100左右:

2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

Dear John,

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Yours,

LiHua

On Tuesday evening, Zhong Nanshan, a【1】(lead) respiratory disease expert, was invited to participate in an online live broadcast hosted by Tencent to share his 【2】(late) views on COVID-19.

Chinese medicine【3】(have) some certain effects on the【4】(prevent) and control of COVID-19. For example, Lianhua Qingwen medicine might be a little weaker; against novel coronavirus pneumonia, but it has a good inhibitory effect on damage【5】tissue cell inflammation 【6】 (cause) by the epidemic. And it's proved effective to reduce fever, cough, and speed up【7】(recover). 【8】(consist) of five herbal extracts, Xuebijing, an injection developed and marketed during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2003, can relieve symptoms and reduce the rate of fatalities. We can’t judge 【9】 the Chinese medicine or western medicine treatment is effective just based on impressions, 【10】we can prove it according to medical methods.

The Lakeside Shopping Center in Essex has introduced a 720-foot “fast lane” reserved for fast walkers only, just in time for the Christmas rush. The Center’s management team said, “The lane will help the shoppers who know where they want to go quickly and don’t want to get caught in behind unhurried shoppers at the busiest time of the year.”

The fast lane was introduced after a MasterCard survey found that 80 percent of consumers found slow walkers their biggest annoyance while shopping. The research also found that the average walking speed slowed down by 21 percent during the Christmas shopping period, as most shoppers spent more time window shopping during this period.

Gary Mortimer, an expert from the Queensland University of Technology, said he wasn’t surprised by the promotion about the launch of the fast lane, and thought the concept would appeal to shoppers all over the world. “Crowded parking lots and busy shopping centers tend to be two of the biggest complaints of shoppers over the festive season,” he said. “I think the fast lanes are a new approach. However, I suspect it will be a bit like fast lanes on the highway, so it might end up being more trouble than its worth.

The MasterCard survey also identified the four most common types of shoppers. They include“Skaters” who try and make their way through crowds politely, “Dodgers” who move down the paths to avoid slow walkers, “Bulldozers" who push their way through crowds, and “Tutters” who express their frustrations to slow walkers.

【1】The fast lane is intended for the shoppers who____.

A.can’t move quickly because of physical disabilities

B.buy things on their shopping lists quickly

C.take their time to do window shopping

D.want to leave the mall quickly

【2】What is Gary Mortimer’s attitude to the fast lane?

A.Supportive.B.Indifferent.

C.Objective.D.Negative.

【3】Who patiently moves behind a slow crowd?

A.Skaters.B.Dodgers.

C.Bulldozers.D.Tutters.

【4】What is the main idea of this passage?

A.Shopping can be annoying sometimes.

B.How to avoid “slow walkers” when shopping.

C.The problems that shopping centers face during busy holidays.

D.The shopping mall creates the fast lane to avoid“slow walkers”

For years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women, but during the 2019 holiday season 59 percent of those shopping online were women.

“It shows how popular the Internet is becoming,” said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group, which carried out the study. Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men. This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending.

Users were more likely to shop online to save time. Internet users between the ages 19 and 29 were responsible for some of the surprising increase in the online gift buying population this time around.

However, three-quarter of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2019. They worried about credit card security (信用卡安全), or just compared online prices with offline prices, then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals.

“But even if shoppers don't buy online, websites are becoming promotion (促銷) tools for stores,” said Dan Hess, vice president of Com Score Network Inc. Hess said that actually most stores' websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers. And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time.

“It's all about making the shopping experience more efficient (效率高的), more reliable and more comfortable.” Hess said.

【1】What can we know from the passage?

A.There were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2019.

B.More women shopped online than men in 2019.

C.Most of the Internet users between the ages 19 and 29 were women.

D.People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online.

【2】What does the underlined part “dashed off” probably mean?

A.Turned.B.Put off.

C.Hurried.D.Take off.

【3】According to Dan Hess, shopping online is ________.

A.unsafeB.convenient

C.a waste of moneyD.cheaper

【4】Where does the passage probably come from?

A.an introduction textbookB.a news coverage

C.an essay collectionD.brochure

I discovered content mills, where a writer could devote his time to writing soul-destroying online copy. It provided a little pay, but I wouldn’t faint. So I quit my day job. But it is difficult to work from home. At times, I would lose all passion for writing 500 words about a bed for a few pounds, but the terrible smell of paint reminded me to get back to writing.

Several months later, the money got better. I was given consistent work writing for one of the largest entertainment websites in the world. The job was simple: I complained about everything that was wrong with society and they paid me 50 for each article. A guy from the website asked if would be interested in leaving my small town life to move to the big city of Manchester to become a professional writer for them. I accepted,

After a pretty successful year, I was offered a promotion. Just 18 months earlier, I was suffering from the smell of paint on a daily basis and now I was managing a team of nine writers. I had come a long way.

【1】What happened to the writer when he was in a paint factory?

A.He became unconscious due to the bad smell of paint.B.He lost his breath during lunch time.

C.He loved his part-time job.D.He passed out for a long time.

【2】Which of the following can be learned according to the text?

A.The writer quit his job to get a higher salary.

B.The writer declined to become an in - house writer.

C.The writer was in charge of a team of 9 writers now.

D.The writer fainted daily due to the bad pay.

【3】Why did the writer once lose love for writing?

A.The smell of paint was unpleasant.B.He lost consciousness while writing.

C.He was given consistent work.D.He was given a little pay for writing

【4】What does the writer mainly want to express?

A.A man can do no more than he can.

B.Follow dreams and never give up.

C.The last leg of a journey just marks the halfway point.

D.No pains, no gains.

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刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限詞；

2.只允許修度十處。多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Dear Peter,

Good news travels fast! I am glad to hear that you were admitted Yale University. Please accept my sincerely congratulations on your success.

I knew how hard you have been working for these years but I am very proud of you for your success. I am sure that it is just my persistence and hard work which leads to your current success. Just as the old saying go, “No pains, no gains”, I strongly believe that you will make a greater progress in your future studies and works.

At the end of my letter, I give my best wishes to you! And I look forward to see you before long.

Yours,

Lily

Voice for the Planet

It's the voice you notice first. In person, David Attenborough speaks in the same awestruck hush he has used in dozens of nature documentaries, a crisp half whisper 【1】 is often imitated but seldom matched. Sitting in his home in the Richmond neighbourhood of west London for one in a series of conversations, I feel obliged to drink 【2】 second cup of tea when he offers. It somehow seems wrong to say no.

In his native U. K. Attenborough is held in the kind of respect usually 【3】 (reserve) for royalty. Over decades - first as a television executive, then as a wildlife filmmaker and recently as a kind of elder statesman for the planet -- he has achieved near saintly（圣人的）status. He was knighted（封為騎士）by the Queen in 1985 and 【4】 (usually refer) to as Sir David.

Attenborough pioneered a style of wildlife film-making that brought viewers to remote landscapes and gave them a close perspective on the wonders of nature. In the autumn of his life, Attenborough has largely moved away from 【5】 these films are made but lends his storytelling abilities to wildlife documentaries in collaboration with filmmakers his storytelling abilities to wildlife documentaries in collaboration with filmmakers he has mentored. His most famous work, the 2006 BBC series Planet Earth, set a benchmark in the use of high-definition cameras and had a budget equal to 【6】 of a Hollywood movie. Among its highlights 【7】 (be) the first footage of a snow leopard, the impossibly rare Asian wildcat that hunts high in the Himalayas. More than a decade 【8】 it was first released, Planet Earth remains among the all-time best-selling nonfiction DVDs.

Now Attenborough is putting his voice and the weight of authority he has accumulated to greater moral purpose. In recent months he has stood 【9】 powerful audiences at the 2018 U. N. climate talks in Katowice, Poland, and the 2019 World Economic Forum at Davos, in Switzerland, to urge them into action on climate change. These kinds of event are not his chosen habitat, Attenborough tells TIME. "I would much prefer not to be a sign- 【10】 (carry) conservationist. My life is the natural world. But I can't not carry a placard（標(biāo)語牌）if I see what's happening."