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by the University of California has found that American kids spend 90 per cent of their leisure time at home, often in front of the TV or playing video games. Such narrowing of children39。t limit their children39。s parenting? A. Openminded. B. Irresponsible. C. Careless. D. Protective. DTykoon is an online website that allows you to teach your child financial principles through allowances,assignment of tasks and daily chores. As the parent,you can assign a cash value to the things you want your child to do. Then,your child can go in,accept the task and add to their wish list of what they would like to purchase with the money that they earn. Let’s start with the parent side of things. The parent must be the one to set up the account. You simply enter your information and your child’s information to get started. You are then able to assign allowance amounts to your child. Then you can add tasks for your child to accept and link them to either their weekly allowance or a predetermined amount. Your child is then able to accept or decline their tasks. They can see how much each task earns,how often they need to do it and what they will get if they do!They can add items that they are working toward earning and can even earn noncashI was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional___41___ and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so ___42____ to me and had such a big___43_____ on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to ___44___ my own cancer experience?I’m an ambitious __45___, and when I started going through chemo(化療), even though I’m a very __46__ person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the ___47__. One day, while waiting to go in for __48__, I had one of Dr. Bernie’s books in my hand. Another patient ___49__ what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me ___50____ he had one of his books with him as well. It ____51____ that among other things, he was an eightyoneyearold writer. He was ___52____ a published author, and he was currently ___53____ on a new book.We would see each other at various times and ___54_____ friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) ____55____ of Dr. Bernie. He really put a __56__ on my face. He unfortunately ___57__ last year due to his cancer, ___58___ he left a deep impression on me and gave me the __59__ to pick up my pen again. I ___ 60___ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”41. A. tastes B. ideas C. notes D. memories42. A. amazing B. shocking C. amusing D. strange43. A. strike B. push C. challenge D. impact44. A. learn from B. go over C. get through D. refer to45. A. reader B. writer C. editor D. doctor46. A. positive B. agreeable C. humorous D. honest47. A. mood B. position C. state D. way48. A. advice B. reference C. protection D. treatment49. A. viewed B. knew C. noticed D. wondered50. A. while B. because C. although D. providing51. A. came out B. worked out C. proved out D. turned out52. A. naturally B. merely C. hopefully D. actually53. A. deciding B. investing C. working D. relying54. A. became B. helped C. missed D. visited55. A. patient B. operator C. fan D. publisher56. A. sign B. smile C. mark D. mask57. A. showed up B. set off C. fell down D. passed away58. A. since B. but C. so D. for59. A. guidance B. trust C. opportunity D. inspiration60. A. promised B. swore C. thought D. replied第II卷(非選擇題 滿分50分)第二節(jié)(共1 0小題;,滿分15分) 閱讀下面短文,在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 增加:在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏詞符號(hào)(∧),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 I39。假設(shè)你是李華,你代表你校參加了賽前會(huì)議,會(huì)后請(qǐng)你用英語(yǔ)向參賽同學(xué)傳達(dá)以下信息: (如下圖)。d like to tell you something about the English speaking petition of our city.