Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）Bread is not just for eating any more! Have you ever ____46____ keeping bread in your medicine box? That may sound ___47___, but bread is more useful than you think. Here are some unusual uses for bread.In ancient China, people used bread as a kind of medicine. In those days, moldy bread was ___48___ to open wounds in order to treat or prevent wounds...Does cutting onions cause you to cry? Try holding a piece of bread in your mouth, with a little bit sticking out.No more ____50____.Are fingerprints on your walls driving you mad? White bread ___51___ to be aperfectcleaning “cloth”.Why not try bread when you have splinters in your finger? Place a bit of bread over the splinter, cover it with a piece of soft material, and leave it the ___52___ night. The bread can draw out the splinter without ___53___ as you sleep.So now you know that a loaf of bread in your kitchen has more to offer than just sandwiches.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）I have been in China for early a year. As a foreigner, it’s hard for me tell what Chinese people are ____46____. But my experience in Beijing said something.A couple of weeks ago, I went to buy four big suitcases(行李箱) for travel. It suddenly rained heavily ___47___. I was going down the street. A stranger called me into his little shop. He offered me a cup of tea and a chair. When the rain got ___48___, I thanked him and rushed to a store nearby to buy my suitcases.If you’ve ever tried to push four big suitcases by yourself, you may understand my situation.I looked silly, for the suitcases were dancing wildly across the floor. Then I got a touch on the shoulder. It was the seller. He signed that I should wait. A few minutes later, he drove up in a car, and put the suitcases ___49___. Then we went driving happily along the road to my home. I offered him some money, but he refused. In broken English he said, “Feel good...help you.”Now, you can see Chinese people are always ready to help you.Root VegetablesWould you like to eat a root? You ___50___ already have. People and animals eat many kinds of roots. Most roots that people eat are usually ___51___ root vegetables. A root vegetable is what we call vegetables that grow underground.A carrot is one ___52___ of root vegetable. It is the orange, edible root of the carrot plant. Many people like to put it in salad. A turnip is another root vegetable. It is a member of the cabbage family. Turnips are usually eaten boiled, steamed, roasted, fried, pickled, or even raw.Although some people do not ___53___ potatoes to be a vegetable, they are a root vegetable. People like to eat them boiled, fried, and mashed sweet potatoes, yams, beets, and leeks are some other root vegetables that people like to eat.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）It’s said there are two types of people in the world---cat people and dog people. Take a look at many posts written by dog lovers and cat lovers on social media. Both groups try to ____46____ why their preference is better. And both groups have good ___47___. Dog lovers say that “man’s best friend”is faithful, active and sweet. On the other hand, cats are ___48___ “masters”, while their owners are more like their “servants”. But this is about more than just what kind of pet someone prefers. Someone’s preference can also ___49___ you more about them a person.A new study from Carroll University shows that people may ____50____ pets based on their own personality. For example, cats are seen as independent animals that keep to themselves and are cautious(警惕的) of others. “If you’re a cat lovers, you’re supposed to have the similar ____51____.” said Denise, one of the psychologists(心理学家) who led the study.Denise’s study shows that the re are other personality differences between dog lovers and cat lovers. The former tend to be outgoing and ____52____, while the latter are quiet and open-minded.Besides, Denise mentioned that people and their dogs prefer to do ____53____ activities, but if you’re cat people, you’re more likely to stay indoors with your cats.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）There is an old story about a king and his daughter. The king asked his daughter how much she loved him. She said that she loved him as much as she loved salt. Her answer upset the king. Salt is a ____46____ thing, and it is very common. So the king thought his daughter didn’t care about him. But the king was wrong. Salt might be common, but it is very important. Salt has caused wars and revolutions ____47____ history. So why do people care so much about salt?Salt has many uses. Our bodies need salt. If we don’t have enough, our muscles, nerves and organs can’t function ____48____. We put salt on icy roads to make them safe. We also use salt to produce other products. Products like plastic, paper, glass, rubber and soap ____49____ salt. One kind of salt is even an important part of gunpowder. But for many years, salt’s most important job was preserving food.Like other living things, most bacteria(细菌) that cause food to go bad need water to ____50____. Salt takes in large amounts of water, so most bacteria cannot live in a salty environment. As a result, salt has the ability to preserve almost anything. For much of human history, this ability has made salt treasured and indispensable. Every ____51____ culture from Egypt to China rely on salt. Even today, we ____52____ hardworking, useful people to salt by calling them “the salt of the earth”.Since almost everyone needed salt, the salt trade was an important ____53____. Salt could even be used like money. In fact, the word salary comes from the word salt. And valuable people are still said to be “worth their salt.” Today, salt is easy to get. It is no longer expensive, but it is still both important and useful.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）Chinese netizens(网民) under the age of 14 are no longer allowed to have a micro-blogging account on Sina Weibo. According to the service provider, it began at the end of last year.The move is to protect the safety online of youngsters and to help build a clean, healthy, civilized and organized online environment. There is a statement made by the platform’s operator on its ___46___ micro blog.But the operator said a special version(版本) of the Weibo platform for youngers users would be designed and ___47___ as soon as possible. It is to make sure that teenagers are protected more ___48___.“We’ve always paid high attention to protecting the young people, and we never stop our ___49___ to create a better online space for them,” it said. “We welcome all users to keep an eye on us and work together with us to make the platform safer and cleaner.”Do you think bears know who their brothers and sisters are? Do you think they love them in the same way people do?Every summer, bears eat a lot of salmon(鲑鱼). The grizzlies(北美洲灰熊) stand in the water and use their front legs to feel the river ___50___. When they feel a salmon, they catch it with their feet, and then grab it with their teeth.One young grizzly was having trouble. A hunter killed his mother and also ___51___ the cub(baby bear) in the leg, so he could not fish. He tried and tried, but he never caught any salmon.Stacy Corbin, a fishing guide in Alaska, ___52___ about the cub---until he saw the cub’s sister catch six salmon and put them near her brother’s feet. While other cubs hunted ___53___, the sister stayed and looked after her brother. “She fed him for weeks,” says Corbin. Because of her, he lived. That really is love!Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）Until the early twentieth century, it was always unsuccessful to transfuse blood(输血) from one person to another person. Then in 1901, Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian scientist, discovered that there are four types of blood. There four blood types were named A, B, AB, and O. People have one of these four types. Blood type O is the most ___46___ around the world because the number of the people with type O is the largest, while type B blood are given type A blood, they will ___47___ die. Karl Landsteiner’s research made it possible to be sure that people who need blood get the correct type.The study of blood didn’t stop. In 1972, a Japanese doctor, Furukawa Takeji, ____48____ another research about blood. And he came up with the idea that it was possible to tell one person’s ___49___ only by his blood type, which can help you know about the person quickly.For example, people with type A blood are usually serious. They always have a ____50____ and careful attitude when they deal with many things: People with type B blood are cheerful, and outgoing; People with type O blood are generous and honest; while those with type AB blood are often caring and helping. They are always willing to ___51___ others.Last year, a doctor in the United States wrote a book that links blood types and what people eat. For example, his book gives some ___52___, like people with type O blood should eat more Your Type, has been a hit with people who want to lose weight. What’s more,j the book says eating food that ___53___ a person’s blood type can not only help them lose weight but also make them healthier.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）The debate on “textbooks” vs “computers” has been going on for years. How much technology is ___46___ in the classroom? Should textbooks be placed by notebook computers?There is no doubt that computers are powerful ____47____. Computer-based lesson plans are updated in real time. New information can be ____48____ as soon as changes take place. Students can find the latest information for the subjects they are studying.With computers, students can learn how to use them for the rest of their lives. Today, computers are used in almost all areas. Students can ____49____ themselves better for the future if they have computers.However, despite these ____50____, I think textbooks must stay.Textbooks are professionally edited. All the facts have been checked. They are put together in the best way. Each chapter builds on what a student has learned before. On the Internet, however, not all the information is true or organized.With textbooks, it is easier for students to take notes. Scientists have found that taking notes by hand helps students learn more.Textbooks are also less expensive than computers. While most families can afford textbooks, not all of them can afford a computer. Every student should be allowed to learn what he needs to learn. It’s ____51____ to rob a student of his right to learn just because he can’t afford the material.Computers are playing an important role in ____52____. They allow students to learn more. However, I don’t think they can re place textbooks. If students want to learn ___53___, they must use textbooks. Do you agree with me?Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）Do you like eating instant noodles(方便面)? The food is easy to make and cheap to buy. People have celebrated its 60th birthday this year. It was _____46____ by a Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando in 1958.China is the biggest ____47____ for instant noodles. It can be a snake for students, a meal on a train, or just a choice for ____48____ workers. More than 46.2 billion instant noodles packets were sold on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in 2013, a BBC article reported. But by 2016, those _____49____ had dropped to 38.5 billion packets, according to the World Instant Noodles Association.One of the reasons for the drop could be the rise of online food delivery services. They can bring you food wherever you are. They also ____50____ more choices and tastier food. According to a 2016 survey by China Youth Daily, about 70 percent of young people order meals online ____51____ once a week.In order to solve this problem, instant noodles companies are trying to ____52____ their products. They are making instant noodles with less fat and salt. They are also making new products, including self-heating hotpot and instant rice. Those can meet the needs of young people. They hope that instant noodles will be ____53____ again.Will instant noodles disappear one day? We don’t know. But they have surely left a mark on dining history.III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）The back door of the ambulance was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat and started the engine. Inside were the worried parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green. The mother was holding their baby daughter, Ellen. The girl had some food stuck in her throat and could ____46____ breathe.The driver, Mr. White turned on his siren(警笛)and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against time. The cars ____47____ him pulled out of the way as he drove through the busy traffic. From the back of the ambulance, the parents were shouting at him to ____48____ since Ellen had almost stopped breathing. In front of him he saw some traffic lights with the red "Stop light shining. Mr. White knew he had no time to lose, so he drove ____49____ past the traffic lights.Coming ____50____ him from his right was a taxi. The driver was listening to his radio. He did not hear the ambulance. The ____51____were green, so he drove straight on into the path of the ambulanceMr. White tried to stop his ambulance, but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everyone was ____52____, but no one was hurt. Mr. White looked back to see how Ellen was.“Look!" cried Mrs. Green. "She is breathing again“It must have been the crash, "said her husband happily. "It knocked the food out of her throat. The ____53____turned out to be a blessing in disguise（因祸得福）!＂Mr. White would have to explain to the police about what had happenedIII. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）My job is to study languages. Here's an interesting story about my ____46____ work.One evening. I invited a group of friends to my house, telling them that I was going to record each one’s speech and it would take only a few minutes. They sat down ____47____ nervously when they saw a microphone in front of each chair and a recorder in the middle of the floor. I explained that there was only one small ____48____ for them. That was to count from one to twenty. Then we could relax and have a drink.Each of them in turn counted from one to twenty. When it was over. I turned the recorder off and brought round the drinks. Then we started to talk and joke happily. The rest of the evening was spent ____49____in relaxation.But. in fact, I hadn’t ____50____ the microphones to the recorder in the middle of the room but to another one in the bedroom. My friends saw the recorder before them turned off and paid no more attention to the microphones a few inches from them. And w hen they were talking freely, the recorder got the most ____51____piece of talk.When the recording was over, I ____52____ to my friends for what had happened to them and asked them whether I should destroy the tape. None of them wanted me to as they knew getting excellent materials for my study was not a ____53____ job. But for some years after that, it always seemed that when it came to buying drinks, it was I who paid for them.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary （第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）Artificial intelligence (AI)(人工智能) is growing rapidly. We are living in a world that depends more on AI. AI is a group of ____46____ that help machines get, understand and use information to solve problems.AI’s recent ____47____have got a lot of social attention. Some people have welcomed AI because it makes things ____48____. For example, AI will have a big influence(影响）on areas like medicine and engineering.But this attention has also produced a lot of fear. Especially, many workers ____49____that AI could make them lose their their jobs.According to a recent study, nearly five percent of jobs will ____50____ because of AI. In some industries. AI is already doing the work that people used to do, such as assembling cars, digging the coal and lifting goods. Self-driving cars and trucks controlled by AI will also take away the driver’s jobs in the future.On the other hand, AI will also ____51____ many new chances for people. More people will be needed to write programmers for AI systems and work on them, too. Meanwhile(同时), work which requires feelings, excellent ____52____ skills with people will not be replaced by AI, such as teaching nursing and personal training.AI is here. It is changing people’s life and work ____53____ in many ways. That makes important to watch, not to fear.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）Part-time jobs are a great thing for young people. They allow teenagers and young adults to gain job experience and make ____46____ of money, too. In addition to other hobbies and activities, part-time jobs are healthy and prepare young people for ____47____ life. Of course, a part-time job should ____48____ be more important than studying and getting good grades.There are so many different part-time jobs for you to choose from. A few of the most common ones are restaurant staff, store staff and amusement park staff. These are all jobs that only ____49____ you to work between ten and twenty hours per week. They all need a minimum amount of work experience.You can easily learn how to do the job __50__ you are working. Some of these lessons are how to work with others, how to be on time and how to work hard. These are all ____51____ that you will use later in life. People who do not have part-time jobs as young adults are sometimes less prepared for life.It is great to earn money from a part-time job. The money you earn can be used to save for college, to buy a scooter or car or to eat out at restaurants. ____52____ that you earned yourself is good for teaching you the value of money. It is ____53____ to spend money that you earned than money your parents gave you.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）Mrs. Freeman is a teacher I will never forget. I ____46____ believe my teenage years were the hardest time of my life. At that time, as a girl, I hated it when my parents asked me directly about my problems, which made me very ____47____. I remember many times when Mrs. Freeman took me aside and talked to me. Every time she talked with me, I felt better.She had a way of making her class enjoyable. We always got the highest marks in maths in our grade with her _____48____. If there was a big sports game on the radio, we would drop _____49____ and she would put the game on so we could all enjoy it. That’s just the way she was.Teenagers often hear things on TV or from adults about world problems that can frighten them. Now it is terrorism(恐怖主义). Back in my teenage years, it was the Cold War. It ____50____ me so much that I thought each day could be my last. Mrs. Freeman knew how much this troubled her students. She opened the subject up for ____51____. She gave us a way to express our greatest fears an d helped us understand war and politics. “One can still feel afraid, _____52____ she or he is brave,” we were told, When I think back to those special days, I appreciate(感激) that she helped me ____53____ such a difficult time in my life.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）We’re hearing a lot these days about something called AI, or artificial intelligence. Put simply, AI is intelligence that is displayed by machines. In the beginning of computer technology, machines were ____46____ quite stupid. They could only do what people told them to do, and computers didn’t have the ____47____ to do anything complex. Slowly, that began to change. In 1989, two AI programs, Hi Tech and Deep Thought, showed advanced problem solving skills after they ____48____ human masters in the game of chess. It was then that people began to see thetrue potential(潜能) of AI.Today, AI can be used at work in our factories, online, and in our daily lives. Siri, the iPhone’s digital assistant, is a good example. Users can s ay almost anything to Siri and get a surprisingly humanlike ____49____.There are other intelligent personal assistants, like Google Assistant, which is an app that works with smart devices in your home. When it is given commands, it will connect to your other devices, allowing users to ____50____ their home appliances remotely.In late 2017, the world was ____51____ when Sophia, a human-like robot, made the news again. Dev eloped by Hong Kong’s Hanson Robotics, she was designed to work with humans and adapt to their behavior. She was interviewed by the press and was even given Saudi Arabian citizenship. And more ____52____, Sophia spoke at Brain Bar, which describes itself a s “The Biggest European Festival of the future”. It is clear from the video that Sophia continues to improve and update. The robot even says that “just a few month ago, I couldn’t tell a dog’s face from a human’s face, but now I can. It’s already saved me from a few embarrassing ____53____.”Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）The first place I can remember well was a pleasant field with a pond of clear water in it. Trees made shadows over the pond, and water plants grew at the ____46____ end. On one side was another field and on the other side we looked over a gate at our master’s house, which stood by the roadside. At the top of our field were more tall trees, and ____47____ was a fast-running stream.While I was young, I lived on my mother’s milk, but as soon as I was old enough to eat grass,my mother ____48____to work during the day and came back in the evening.There were six other young horses in the field, although they were older than I was. We all galloped (奔跑) together round the field, and had ____49____, But sometimes the others would kick and cite.“They are young farm horses and haven’t learned how to behave,” my mother told me. “You are different. Your father is well-known, and your grandfather ____50____ won the most important race at Newmarket. Your grandfather was quiet and nice, and you have never seen me kick or bite, have you? I hope you will grow up to be ____51____ and a willing worker and never bite or sick.”I have never forgotten my mother’s advice. She was a clever and sensible old horse. Her name was Duchess, but our master often called he Pet. He was a good, kind man, and my mother loved him very much. Whenever she saw him at the gate, she trotted (小跑) across. He ____52____ pat her and say. “Well, old Pet, and how is your little Darkie?” I was a dull black colour, so he called me Darkie. He sometimes brought ____53____ bread for me, or a carrot for my mother, and I think we were his favorites.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）World Water Day is on 22 March each year. It started in 1992. Its goal is to get people and governments ____46____ one of our most precious resources. For human beings, water not only is an important resource to survive and grow, but also offers fun and pleasure. Could you imagine what the world would be like ____47____ water?Nowadays, we are facing an ____48____ number of environmental crisis(危机) such aswater pollution and water sho rtage. In India’s capital, New Delhi, millions do not have any running water.Even in richer neighborhoods, young and old wait hours for clean water. One young woman in Ghana, like many in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and elsewhere walks kilometers for wat er. “I have to collect for my family five times a day.”Something must be done to save and protect water ____49____. The special day is a day for us to know about what we have done and what we should do. I believe the environment will become better and better if we follow the spirit of the World Water Day.On the way to my company, I was driving behind a small truck. I was a few minutes late and the two men ____50____ of me were talking in that slow truck. They made me angry.The light turned green, but the truck was still moving very slowly. I became impatient, so I turned right to past it. Suddenly, a new blue Chevy Silverado was rushing by. I tried to stop, but it was to late. My car hit the side of the Chevy.“Pow!” I heard a big noise and then I realized that an accident happened. For a moment, just a moment... I asked if I was OK, and honestly, I was waiting for people to come over and help me. Those thoughts didn’t last long, as the answer came into my mind that the air bag had saved me. ___51___, I was still alive.Slowly I opened the door. The warm, bright morning sunlight ____52____ on my face and I felt better. I saw the Chevy Silverado and I ran over to check if the driver in it was injured. “Are you OK?” I shouted loudly through the window. His head was down and he didn’t answer me.At that moment, I thought I was looking at a dead man. Full of fear, I shouted again, and knocked at the window heavily once more. His eyes started to open, and he slowly ____53____ his head “Yes.” Once again, I said to myself, “How lucky I am!”。
