【正文】 修飾名詞短語geographic spread用形容詞，指有限的地理傳播，故填limited?！?6題詳解】考查形容詞。 and ensuring that animal products are cooked thoroughly before they ___42___ (consume).___43___is important to stay home if you’re feeling unwell. But if you have a fever, cough, and difficulty ___44___ (breath), seek medical care early and share your previous travel history ___45___ your healthcare provider.【答案】36. limited 37. However 38. that/which 39. masks 40. especially 41. an 42. are consumed 43. It 44. breathing 45. with【解析】本文是說明文。 washing hands regularly with soap and water, or alcoholbased hand rub. Actions that can be taken to prevent infection from ___41___animal source include: avoiding unnecessary unprotected contact with animals。 avoiding close contact with those who are unwell。,滿分15分)閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。由此可知，銷售員是語言暴力的對象，故選A項。A. violence 暴力；B. munication 交流；C. agreement 同意；D. conflict 沖突?！?5題詳解】考查名詞詞義辨析。結(jié)合上文語境，銷售員收到了非善意的回應(yīng)，可知我的認(rèn)真傾聽讓銷售員很感動。A. disturbed 擾亂的；B. embarrassed 尷尬的；C. exhausted 筋疲力盡的；D. touched 感動的?！?4題詳解】考查形容詞詞義辨析。工作了一天，在電視前看看電視是放松的一種方式。句意：我知道你工作了一整天，你本可以在電視機(jī)前放松一下，或者做點別的事情。根據(jù)上文“spend time with those conversations”、“At the end of the conversation”以及“with whom I had a(n)　10　 conversation.”可根據(jù)conversation原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)以及銷售員是通過電話跟人交談進(jìn)行銷售，故選C項。句意：今天，從上午10點開始，我沒有哪一句話受到侮辱。故選D項。A. wave 招手；B. signal 打信號；C. point 指向；D. shout 喊?！?1題詳解】考查動詞詞義辨析。由此可知，銷售員和其他人打電話時，沒得到過尊重，再根據(jù)上文可知，我在和銷售員聊天時，一直很有禮貌，所以銷售向我表示感激，認(rèn)為跟我聊天很愉快。根據(jù)下文“ Usually, people 　11　 at us, insult us, and treat us as thieves. Today, since 10 am, I hadn’t had a(n) 　12　 without an offense.”通常，人們侮辱我們，把我們當(dāng)小偷。句意：參見上題。故選A項。根據(jù)最后一段開頭的“I thanked him for this revelation.”我感謝他向我透露的自己的遭遇。你是我這么長時間以來第一個和我愉快交談的人?！?9題詳解】考查動詞詞義辨析。再根據(jù)邏輯連接詞“but”，可知空格和上文“不耐煩”是轉(zhuǎn)折，綜合可以判斷，我是一直保持冷靜和禮貌。A. silent 沉默的；B. polite 有禮貌的；C. indifferent 不感興趣的；D. focused 專注的?！?8題詳解】考查形容詞詞義辨析。我本來就不喜歡這樣的電話，對方再表達(dá)不清楚不準(zhǔn)確，這樣我自然會不耐煩。結(jié)合上文，作者并沒有認(rèn)真聽，只是在敷衍。句意：有時，我感到有點不耐煩，尤其是他在正確用法語表述方面有點困難時。故選D項。A. whisper 低聲說；B. lie 撒謊；C. explain 解釋；D. confirm 確認(rèn)，證實?！?6題詳解】考查動詞詞義辨析。a sign of …意為“……的標(biāo)志”符合題意。根據(jù)上文“While listening to him, sometimes I was lost in my thoughts.”我一邊聽，一邊又陷入自己的思緒中。句意：我給了幾個“嗯嗯”，作為認(rèn)可的標(biāo)志，向他確認(rèn)我還在聽。故選D項。A. previous 以前的；B. useless 沒用的；C. favorite 最喜愛的；D. current 目前的，現(xiàn)在的?！?4題詳解】考查形容詞詞義辨析。由此可知，銷售員“依約”下午6點打來電話，那么我跟他應(yīng)該是交談15分鐘。A. talked 交談；B. argued 爭論；C. waited 等待；D. rested 休息。【23題詳解】考查動詞詞義辨析。結(jié)合上文，我不喜歡這類談話，需要給自己找個借口拒絕打電話的人。句意：參見上題。根據(jù)這里while“雖然”，表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，結(jié)合下文“I　2　 myself that I couldn’t talk yet ”借口不能說話，可知表示我不喜歡將時間花在這些談話上，故選C項。句意：我當(dāng)時在上班，雖然我通常不喜歡花時間在這些談話上，但我為自己暫時不能說話找了個借口，并建議他一小時后也是就是下午六點給我回電話。文章主要講述了作者跟一位銷售員的電話通話，作者出于禮貌的回應(yīng)以及傾聽，令這位銷售員非常感動。每小題1分,滿分15分)閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。故B選項“目前，這些只是理論”符合上下文語境，故選B?！?0題詳解】根據(jù)后文The technology and evidence we have today cannot be used to test these theories and identify the most plausible ，也不能用來找出最合理的解釋?！庇纱丝芍?，病毒的起源目前還沒有明確的解釋。故C選項“一旦進(jìn)入，它們就會試圖找到一個要感染的宿主細(xì)胞”符合上下文語境，故選C。由此可知，本句應(yīng)當(dāng)描述病毒進(jìn)入身體后的行為?！?8題詳解】根據(jù)上文Viruses lie around our environment all of the time, waiting for a host cell to e along. They can enter our bodies by the nose, mouth, eyes or breaks in the ，等待宿主細(xì)胞的到來。由此可知，上文是在說明為什么病毒對人類生命造成威脅的原因。故A選項“但是什么是病毒呢？”符合上下文語境，故選A。文章主要說明了什么是病毒以及他們?yōu)楹螘斐蛇@么多麻煩。Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP), also named COVID 19 by WHO, there is a general fear of the unknown virus as its full effects remain to be seen. Fever, coughing, sore throat, difficulty breathing – the NCP’s symptoms are similar to the mon cold or the flu, but it’s potentially more dangerous.Viruses could be deadly, like HIV and Ebola. ____16____ How can they cause so much trouble?Viruses are nonliving organisms approximately onemillionth of an inch long. Unlike human cells or bacteria, they can’t reproduce on their own. Instead, they invade the cells of living organisms to reproduce, spread and take over.Viruses can infect every living thing – from plants and animals down to the smallest bacteria. ____17____ Sometimes a virus can cause a disease so serious that it is fatal. Other viral infections bring about no noticeable reaction.Viruses lie around our environment all of the time, waiting for a host cell to e along. They can enter our bodies by the nose, mouth, eyes or breaks in the skin. ____18____ For example, HIV, which causes AIDS, attacks the Tcells of the immune system.But the basic question is, where did viruses first e from? ____19____ “Tracing the origins of viruses is difficult,” Ed Rybicki, a virologist at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, told Scientific American, “because viruses don’t leave fossils (化石) and because of the tricks they use to make copies of themselves within the cells they’ve invaded.”However, there are three main theories to explain the origin of viruses. First, viruses started as independent organisms, then became parasites (寄生者). Second, viruses evolved from pieces of DNA or RNA that “escaped” from larger organisms. Third, viruses coevolved with their host cells, which means they existed alongside these cells.___20___ The technology and evidence we have today cannot be used to test these theories and identify the most plausible explanation. Continuing studies may provide us with clearer answers.A. But what are viruses?B. For the time being, these are only theories.C. Once inside, they try to find a host cell to infect.D. The answer may be even less satisfactory than it now appears.E. Until now, no clear explanation for their origin exists.F. Experts are concerned about the bad effect that it had on people’s health.G. For this reason, they always have the potential to be dangerous to human life.【答案】16. A 17. G 18. C 19. E 20. B【解析】這是一篇說明文。,)根據(jù)下面短文,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。故選D項。根據(jù)文章最后一段“Once widely available, Schme hopes that it will be used by local governments and also by international organizations with an interest in maintaining global stability.”（一旦廣泛使用，Schme希望它能被地方政府和維護(hù)全球穩(wěn)定的國際組織所使用。故選A項。s the natural side of thingsso r