A.The window smells of fresh paint.B.The man will clean the air-conditioner.

C.She’d like to have the window open.D.She prefers keeping the air-conditioner on.

词数: 100个左右。

【1】He got so seriously ill that he had no alternative but ________ (follow) the doctors’ advice.

【2】________ has caused this severe accident is still a mystery.

【3】________(stick) in the traffic congestion for 2hours, Jack was late for work this morning.

【4】We can’t enter the amusement park now as it is still under ________ (construct). It will be open in 2 days.

【5】The price of diamond rings has risen sharply ________ the price of gold rings has gone down.

【6】Don’t get ________ (frustrate) with your exam. Study harder, and you will make progress.

【7】Take mobile phones ________ instance and you can see how our science and technology is advancing at an alarming speed.

【8】Plants grow better ________ there is much sunshine and water.

【9】Teenagers are not permitted ________ (smoke) as cigarettes will cause damage to their health.

【10】I’m sorry that I can’t answer your phone call at 3:00 this afternoon because I ________ (teach) a class at that time.

【1】Scientists have been doing some r________ on how to improve the life expectancy of people.

【2】Doctors risking their life to fight against COVID-19 really d________ to be respected.

【3】She returned home and found her furniture had been r________ by the flood.

【4】Another 30 million U.S. dollars, d________ by China to the World Health Organization have been used in support of global efforts to the construction of public health systems.

【5】Mary worked as a t________ secretary in her spare time for three months and ended up getting a full-time job.

【6】Because of the economic crisis, more and more people lose their jobs, feeling very s________.

【7】The Olympic Games function as a stage where all p________ show their talents and spirits in various competitions.

【8】No matter how c________ the situation was, he could deal with it calmly and successfully.

【9】Since the coronavirus came from nature, no country should be b________ for the pandemic.

【10】There is no p________ that the disappearance of bees has a close connection with the radiation of the mobile phones.

A.He likes to wear clean clothes.

B.He changes his job frequently.

C.He is careless about his appearance.

D.He is ashamed of his present condition.

Ban the Bag!

Standing in line at the grocery store last week, I watched the woman in front of me buy a tube of toothpaste. As the clerk placed her purchase in a plastic bag, I couldn’t help wondering how long it would take for that bag to end up in the trash. Then I noticed the big purse the woman was carrying and wondered why she had needed a plastic bag at all.

People have come to rely on plastic bags as everything from shopping bags for groceries to trash-can bags. Although plastic bags can be recycled, only about one percent of those used in the United States are. Instead, after helping people transport items from one place to another, most are thrown away. They end up in landfills, where it can take a plastic bag up to a thousand years to decay. Some bags end up elsewhere in the environment, sticking to trees and fences, blocking rivers and oceans, or floating along city sidewalks.

Plastic bags harm the environment in several ways. First, they break down into particles that pollute our soil and water. Because most plastic bags are made of polyethylene, a product derived from crude oil (原油) or natural gas, they waste nonrenewable resources. Plastic bags can also harm animals. Scientists estimate that more than one million sea animals, including whales, seabirds, and turtles, die each year from intaking or becoming stranded in plastic.

People all over the world are starting to recognize the problems associated with plastic bags. Countries such as China, South Africa, Switzerland, and Uganda are taking action and banning the bags. Other nations, including Italy and Ireland, have been trying to restrict the use of plastic bags by taxing them. In the United States more and more communities are ridding themselves of plastic bags. Now more and more people are also purchasing inexpensive, reusable bags and using them when they shop. If we all take this simple step, we can be a part of a “green” revolution.

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One day the girl left the door to the cage open. The【4】(large)of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was【5】(frighten)that he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly. She was glad at her success in catching him. Suddenly she felt the bird go limp(柔软的). She opened her hand only to find him【6】(die). Her desperate love【7】(kill)him.

She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. She flew him【8】the sky. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. After some time the bird flew towards her and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest melody【9】she had ever heard.

The worst way【10】(lose)love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!

Circling a star about 500 light years away, the planet called Kepler-186f is about the same size as Earth. It goes round its star at the right distance for liquid water on the surface. That is a necessary condition for life. But it is not exactly like Earth, it’s more of an Earth’s cousin. It’s not an Earth’s twin. It shares the same characteristics as Earth, but their parent stars are very different.

Kepler-186f circles a star that is smaller and cooler than our sun. But the planet appears to be a closer relative than most of the hundreds of others discovered so far. Some are huge gas-covered giants with thick atmospheres. Others circle too closely to their stars and are too hot for life. For the first time, we can actually say we now have a planet that is both Earth-sized and circles in its star’s livable zone.

The next step would be to look for signs of life in the atmospheres of these distant world. That would take a more advanced telescope. But budget cuts threaten that task, says University of California at Los Angeles astrophysicist Ben.

“In theory, we could do this in the next couple of decades. But in practice, because there’s no money, it’s not going to happen. It’s not going to happen in my lifetime, for example, ”said Ben. However, NASA’s Elisa Quintana believes that when the next-generation space telescope is used, it will find that we are not alone in the universe. In the meantime, the search continues for other worlds where life may find a home. 。

【1】What do we know about the newly discovered planet?

A. It was discovered by chance.

B. It has some form of life on it.

C. It has suitable conditions for life.

D. It is an ordinary planet like others.

【2】The difference between Earth and Kepler-186f is that　　　.

A. they circle different parent stars

B. they came into being at different times

C. they move in space at a different speed

D. they orbit their stars at a different distance

【3】The discovery of Kepler-186f is remarkable because　　　.

A. man has discovered a new home

B. it caused people’s interest in the universe

C. man has found a familiar planet like Earth

D. it can help man know more about Earth

【4】What does Ben worry about in the future research?

A. Lack of money. B. No cooperation.

C. His coming old age. D. His weak influence.

1．表明意图；

2．阐述邀请的原因；

3．告知时间、地点和乘车方式。

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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Thomas Jefferson did not like what the Count had said about the natural wonders of the New World. It seemed to Jefferson that the Count had gone out of his way to speak of natural wonders in America as if they were unimportant. 【2】. He, too, was a naturalist, as well as a historian, writer and politician. He had seen the natural wonders of Europe. To him, they were no more important than those of the New World.

In 1788,Thomas Jefferson wrote about his home state, Virginia. While writing, he thought of its natural beauty and then of the words of Count de Buffon. 【3】. He said, “The Count de Buffon believes that nature belittles her productions on this side of the Atlantic.”

【4】. However, in 1872, a famous American word expert decided that the time had come to kill this word. He said, “Belittle has no chance of becoming English. And as more critical writers of America, like those of Britain, feel no need of it, the sooner it is forgotten, the better.”

【5】. Today, belittle is used, not only in the United States and England, but in other countries where the English language is spoken. It seems that efforts to belittle the word did not stop people from using it.

A.The books were a great success even though some people did not like them

B.They talked about the great cultural relics of different countries

C.Americans had already accepted Jefferson’s word and started to use it

D.The Count de Buffon was thought highly of at that time

E.At that moment, Jefferson created a new word -- belittle

F.This expert failed to kill the word

G.This troubled Thomas Jefferson