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Ann stepped outside her front door to see61. the weather was like. It was still cold and62. (rain). It had been so cold that she had had to turn her heater on. She was lucky because her heart worked and she could pay her 63. (heat)bills. Some people in Los Angeles weren’t so . (able)to use their home heater, the placed charcoal into a barbecue grill and lit it. The heat kept them warm, but the carbon monoxide killed them. This happens almost every winter in Los Angeles. People shut all the windows tight65. (keep)the cold out, then light the charcoal. Soon enough, the oxygen in their home 66. (consume)by the open flames. The family choke to death. Everyone knows smoke detectors(檢測(cè)器 )are required in Los Angeles. 67. many people don’t know about, or don’t think they need carbon monoxide detectors. They’re not expensive. A $25 investment can save a family from death. People always think that nothing bad will happen to them。 Technological innovation (創(chuàng)新 )may not give you a warm feeling. 36. Messaging apps are examples of technology that are helping bring people together. It’s ready to continue improving our lives as innovation allows technology to really understand how we live. 37. Some of the most popular and widely adopted innovations make things we’re already doing easier. A welldesigned piece of technology can transform something that consumes time into a worryfree swipe of your finger, giving you more time to spend with friends and family. Proving that you really are you Developers keep finding new and brilliant ways to prove our identities online. With fingerprints and voice recognition, technology keeps getting better at proving we are who we say we are. 38. . The more trust we have, the easier it will be to fully embrace the empowering aspects of fintech (金融科技 ) and having control of our financial data. Helping make good ideas a reality Crowdfunding (眾籌 ) technology keeps breaking down barriers that may have previously kept good ideas from being realized. Here’s how it works: You pitch (拋 ) your project to people through an online platform. 39. . By connecting dreamers and inventors to a new type of capital, technology is giving more creative ideas their opportunity to bee a reality. Adding even more quality to quality time As technology continues improving, it bees easier to build and maintain a connection with someone who isn’t in the same location as you. 40. . And think about how great it will be when you can interact with your friends and relatives in virtual reality. It will be the next best thing to being together in person. A. Sparing some time to make researches B. Freeing up more time for friends and family C. However, when at its best, it opens our eyes to many things D. Actually, it can do wonders . to deepen our interpersonal connections E. That technology can make it easier to trust the connections we make online F. If they are interested in your project, they donate money to fund your project G. Think about how much easier it is to connect via video conferencing than before 第三部分 英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用 (共兩節(jié),滿分 45 分) 第一節(jié) 完形填空(共 20 小題;每小題 分,滿分 30 分) 閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)( A、 B、 C 和 D)中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 percent feel it would delay studying and percent fear losing confidence in anything else if they fail once. 28. Which is TRUE according to the passage? A. Most of the college students like to start online shops. B. College students start online shops because they have no enough tuition. C. More boy college students start online shops than girl college students. D. Only top and capable college students can start online shops. 29. Ning Meng chose to be a clothing agent mainly because _____________. A. He majored in clothes in the college. B. He had no enough funds to start shops. C. Clothes industry was more popular than others. D. He helped his friend who started the online shop. 30. The advantages of starting online shops are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT _____________. A. college students have more work resources B. college students have abundant time C. college students have much online shopping experience D. college students have wiser brains and are more diligent 31. What’s the author’s attitude towards college students keeping online stores? A. He is strongly against it. B. The passage doesn’t tell us. C. He encourages college students to start online stores. D. The college students can keep online stores when they are lack of funds. D Recycling is essential in today’s world. The most important reason for this is that human progress and industry have made it possible for people to have lots of things, and when people have many material possessions, they are bound to throw some of them away. This creates a lot of garbage which in turn destroys the environment. Recycling is a way for us to keep the world clean as items are broken down and used again, preventing the littering of the environment. Instead of throwing all your garbage into the trash can, you should separate paper, metal, glass, and plastic into different containers. Compost should also be recycled as this is excellent food for farm animals and also makes for great fertilizer(肥料 ). You should try to buy products that have been recycled. You can see if an item has been made from recycled materials by its label。 biobehavioral Reviews, researchers set up a scene in which a dog watched his owner try to open a container while two actors were on set. In a series of three tries one of the actors would help the owner open the container, respond neutrally(中立地 ), or refuse to help open the container. The other actor responded passively in all three tries. At each end of the try, both actors would offer the dog a treat at the same time. In the tries where the working actor had responded either helpfully or neutrally, the dog was equally likely to accep