C篇首字母填空C. （2021 年徐汇区—模）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words・If you think of the jobs that robots could never do、you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It s easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but others need human coimection and creativity. But are we luider estimatmg （彳氐估）what robots can do? In some cases, they already p 51 better tliaii doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients lmglit feel more c 52_ sharing tlieir private information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots m education after all?British education expert Aiitliony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for die robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He p 53 robots will do most work of traiisferrmg information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students' faces, movements and maybe even brain s 54 . Tlien tlieywilladapt （使…适应）the mfbniiation to each student. It's not a popular opinion and it's unlikely robots will ever miderstaiid otlier people's feelings and be able to really connect with humans like anotlier human can.One tlrnig is certam, tliougli. A robot teacher is better tliaii no teacher at all. Teachers all over the world are 155 . In some parts of the world, there aren't enough teachers and 9 to 16 percent of children under the ageof 14 don't go to school. That problem could be partly solx ed by robots because they can teach an^vhere and won t sufier stress, or get t 56 , or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.Teachuig is generally recognized as difficult and teachers feel overworked. Perhaps die question is not "Will robots take the place of teachers?" but4 How can robots help teachers?5* Office workers can use software to do tlimgs like organize and answer emails, arrange meetings and update calendars. Teachers waste a lot of tmie doing non-teachuig work, i 57 more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut die time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.C. （2021 年静安一模）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容逋服，每空格限填一词，酋字母巳给）Survey Says? Libraries Lead!You niiglit guess that Americaiis，top go-to spot for culture and entertainment would be a movie theater or sports stadium. But a recent study p 56 a place doesn*t need buttered popcorn to attract visitors.In 2019, the research company did a survey about Americans' leisure activities. People were asked how often in die last year they had visited certain typ已s of p 57 These mcluded libraries, museums, theme parks, andzoos. Libraries topped over the competition. They got more than twice as many total visits as movie theaters, which landed at number two.Bemg number one is nothing new for libraries. The findings of a s 58 study in 2001 were about thesame. But one thing has changed since then. Today, many people can c 59 to the Internet. Tliey're able to read just about anything、just about anywhere. Some people predicted the Internet would make libraries out of date.However、it s actually part of their popularity, hi 2016, a Pew Research Center study foiuid that 29 percent of adults went there to use computers, the Internet, or Wi・Fi. But the most c 60 reason people go to the library is to check out books.What books do libraty-goers borrow the most? The New York Public Library (NYPL) set out to answer this question. Ill 2020, the library released a list of the most checked-out books in its 125-year history.Three books in the top five are kids" favorites, 1 61 Where the Wild Things Are (#4) and The Car hi theHat (#2). The highest honor, meanwhile, goes to The Snowy Day (^1). Its a beautifully illustrated (有插图的)tale about boy exploring city turned into winter wonderland. Tlie book has been checked out almost half a million times.Why are so many childrens books on the list? One reason is that theyre short. So they're read and returned f 62 As TJie Cat in the Hat nuglit put it: a qnick-to-read hit comes back lickety-split!C・(2021 年杨浦区—模) Fill in the blanks with proper words・Unless you are one of those rare people witli ail excellent memory, you probably ha\-e trouble remembering the names of people you have just met. This problem can be frustrating (令人沮丧白勺)and embarrassing.F 51 there are a number of ways you can o^-ercome this human weakness.Before exaniniing the methods to help remember people s names, lets look at die reasons why we are so f 52 in the first place. Researchers think it's due to a lack of motivation. People are better at remembering thmgs that they want too learn. To put it simply, you^re just not tliat 1 53 Another reason is that putting anew face to a name is more complicated than \ve think, which leads to another problem. We usually don't make the effort to m 54 new names immediately. Not only that, but when meeting someone new, we may be tlunkmg about other things and not be paying enough attention.All of this means that we need to take measures to avoid die embarrassment of forgetting a person's name. One good method is to say a person's name when you g 55 them and also repeat it silently to yourself a few times. This type of repetition is essential for learnmg any type of skill. Using a memory metliod, such as 1 56 individual names with somethmg else, also helps. For example, if someone's name is Ben and he is tall, you can label him (to yourself, of course) "Big Beii. Iii addition, focusmg on people and listening more closely when you meet them will assist you in recalling tlieir names. Although forgettmg name isn't a matter of life or death, it's uncomfortable. Putting tliese t 57 mto practice will help you better avoid this social discomfort.C. (2021 年长宁区一模)Fill in the blanks with proper words・Five tips for less plasticThe world has a plastic problem and it is increasing. Scientists are workmg to find a long-term solution by making plastic more biodegradable (可生物降解的).But m the meantmie. here are five things you can do to r 56 plastic waste now.l.Stop using plastic bags. Instead, take your own reusable shopping bag to the store. People vise a trillion plastic bags worldwide every year. About 10 percent are used ill the United States alone. That's almost one bag per American per day, but the a 57 Dane （丹麦人）uses four siiigle-use bags per year. Iii 1993, Denmark was the first country to place a tax on plastic bags. Today, other countries （such as Chile, Kenya and New Zealand） eitlier make customers pay for plastic bags, or have banned （禁止）them c 582.Skip the straw. Today, around 8.3 billion plastic straws pollute the world s beaches. So when you order a druik, sayno 'to the reusable straw, or bring your own reusable one. In 2018, Seattle became die first major U.S. city to bail plastic straws and many other cities are set to follow its e 593 Don't use plastic bottles. Buy a reusable bottle and fill it witli any t 60 of drink you like. Some cities have already bamied bottled wate匸However、people still buy nearly a million plastic bottles every nirnute in the world.4.A 61 plastic packagmg. Buy bar soap mstead of liquid soap in plastic containers. Don't buy fruit orvegetables in plastic packagmg. Iii the U.K, leaders are calling for supermarkets to have plastic-free areas. They also want to tax plastic take-out contamers.5 .Recycle. We can't recycle all plastic items, but it is p 62 to recycle most bottles and niilk or juice cartons. Today, Nonvay recycles 97 percent of its plastic bottles. How? Machines at most supermarkets take the bottles and gi^-e a refimd of up to 2.5 kroner （32 cents） per bottle.C. （2021 年红口一模）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，毎空格限填一词，首字母巳给）Scientific Ways to Improve Oxir MemoryExercise r 67Research found tliat sitting for a long time every day can lead to memory loss. So put on your trainers, go o 68 and start working up a good sweat. It's healthy for botli your mind and your body.Eat your vegetablesIt s a well-kiio^n f 69 that eating vegetables can help keep your body healtliy, and tliat includes our bram. Various research p 70 show that fruits and vegetables can help lower oxidative stress （氧化压力）ui your brain as well as help healthy cognitive （认知）functions.R 71 stress levelsResearch found stress at high levels have a bad mfluence on our memory and cognitive skills. So slow down and take a walk from time to time.Play video gamesYes, you heard us. Get on that controller and s 72_ a couple of hours playing your fa^^orite video game. Its good for your nund. Accordmg to a r 73 study which came out last week, these pastmies can help improve die fimctioiiHig of various memory r-associated areas in the brain. But don't go overboard, too much of a good thing can be bad for you.C. （2021年普陀区一模）FiU in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母巳给。
