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ted to survive at that moment, so I posted a message on Weibo. I didn39。開(kāi)頭已經(jīng)寫(xiě)好,但不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。t ignore our parents39。 birthdays very well. Yet when asked about their parents39。 注意: 1. 建議參照?qǐng)D中文字及下面文章開(kāi)頭所給提示 ,并作必要的發(fā)揮。 Weibo, or micro- blogs, the Chinese version of Twitter, has bee a way of life in China, especially for the young. Our train bumped into something. Our carriage has fallen onto its side. Children are screaming. Come to help us please! Come fast! This is the first message sent from a high- speed train that crashed on July 23rd, 2020 in China39。s first book, The Devil that Danced on the Water, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2020, broadcast on BBC Radio and published in The Sunday Times. Jon McGregor is the author of the critically praised novels, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and So Many Ways To Begin. He is a winner of the Betty Trask Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award, and has twice been longlisted(初選 ) for the Man Booker Prize. Helen Oyeyemi is the youngest author on the 2020 shortlist and also in the history of the award. Born in 1984, she is already the author of three novels, The Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching and a short story collection, Mr Fox, published in summer 2020. David Constantine lives in Oxford, where he is the editor of Modern Poetry in Translation. He has published three collections of short stories: Back at the Spike (1994), Under the Dam (2020) and The Shieling (2020), which was shortlisted for the Frank O39。s award brought together a high ability group of new and established authors exploring human relationships at their most dysfunctional(難處理的 ) and yet sustaining. This year39。d relent(變溫和 ), and __37__ me over for a belly rub. My housetraining took a little longer than __38__, because you were terribly busy, but we __39__ on that together. We went for long walks in the park and __40__ rides in the suburbs. We stopped for ice cream. I took long naps(小睡 ) in the sun waiting for you to e home at the __41__ of the day. __42__, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time __43__ a human mate. Eventually, you fell in love. She, now your wife, is not a “ dog- person” , but still I was __44__ because you were happy. Then the human babies came __45__ and I shared your excitement. I was __46__ by their pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them too. Your wife was __47__ I would hurt them. But nevertheless, __48__ they began to grow, I became their friend. I loved them and they loved me. Then you didn39。 how D. That。 a D. /。滿(mǎn)分 120 分,考試時(shí)間 120 分鐘。s petitive economy, ________ everyone is trying to do more with less, you39。 otherwise he ________ over to help us. A. had e B. was going to e C. would have e D. would e 35. —I39。 A According to a new survey, more than half of the parents in the United States are helping, or have helped or supported their adult children who have been hit by high unemployment and poor wages. It showed that present economic conditions are discouraging young adults from leaving home and forcing those who have already gone, so called boomerang kids, to return. “ Parents are continuing their financial involvement longer than we expected, ” said Ted Beck, president of National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). About 60 percent of parents questioned in the survey said they are helping their adult children who are no longer in school financially. Half are providing housing and nearly half are helping with living expenses. For an increasing number of adult children, the situation is bad. Two- thirds of adult children, aged 18 to 39, who are not in school said they faced tougher financial pressure than previous generations, according to the survey. And nearly one- third of the parents agreed that it was easier for them to find their financial feet than for their children. Parents are helping their children out of genuine(真誠(chéng)的 ) concern because they don39。 “Haywards Heath” by Aminatta Forna s first short story ( )65. The following ments from the chair of judges are all in praise of the winning story EXCEPT ________ A. “...creates a story with fully formed characters and a memorable setting.” B. “The winning story is remarkable for the rich poetry at its heart.” C. “It contrasts with the winner in its style and method.” D. “ What more could you say about a short story? ” ( )66. Which of the following is the rlight match according to the passage? A. Helen Oyeyemi—the Betty Trask Prize—2020. B. Jon McGregor—the Somerset Maugham Award—2020. C. Aminatta Forna—the Samuel Johnson Prize—2020. D. Sarah Hall—the Commonwealth Writers Prize—2020. ( )67. The main purpose of the passage is to ________. A. briefly introduce a national short story petition B. remend some candidates for the short story prize C. introduce different kinds of awards for different art works D. provide information on the award winners and their writings D The geologic(地質(zhì)的 ) time scale is the time scale used by scientists to describe the time and relationship between events that happened during the history of Earth. Because earth is over 4,570 million years old, the time s