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e 10 cities with the world’s best quality of living , which country occupied most? A. Switzerland. B. Germany. C. Australia. D. America. 67. What can we learn from the 6th paragraph? A. Honolulu is the city of the best quality of living in America. B. Washington is more suitable for the American people to live. C. New York is the richest city all over the America. D. Washington and New York stayed the same in the 2021 survey. D Dear Sir, As an elementary school teacher and mother of two, I think your recent article on children and TV is very interesting. However, my views on the subject differ from those of the writer. For years, newspapers columnists and other so173。founder of PowerBeam, said, “We’re going to delete the word ‘recharge’ from the English dictionary. If your cell phone is recharging on your desk all day, you won’t be thinking about it.” The Silicon Valley pany can currently use a laser to generate about watts of power to a solar cell 10 meters away. This would be enough to power an electronic speaker, or small LED(二極管 ) lights, but not enough to operate a laptop, which requires about 30 to 50 watts. However, Graham said that the technology could fortably be scaled up(提高 ). PowerBeam insists its laser does not lead to a risk to users health because it is simply moving heat from one place to another. Graham said that, if someone walked the beam, it would shut down within a thousandth of a second, then restart once the path is clear. The technology also promises energy efficiency because it would only power products when needed. 60. What does the writer want to tell us in the passage? A. A wireless instrument used for charging. B. The only pany to show the ambitious technology. C. A means of broadcasting electricity to gadgets. D. A new efficient energy. 61. The underlined word“ delve”in Paragraph 3 refers to ________. A. hunt for B. look into C. think of D. put away 62. According to James Holland, we know that ________. A. a cell phone can be powered only on a desk B. gadgets can be charged in a room with wireless power C. a right charger is needed D. each room should have wireless power 63. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The laser does harm to people’s health. B. The gadgets like audio speakers have been shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show this week. C. The word ‘recharge’ has been deleted from the English dictionary. D. The technology can also save energy because it would not work when unnecessary. C Vienna named the city with the world’s best quality of living Vienna has beaten Zurich to be chosen to be the place with the best quality of living in an annual survey in which European cities occupied the top 10. Management consultancy Mercer said Vienna scored the highest for overall quality of living in the 215173。 A Lisa was running ,25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were ing in for Thanksgiving from her as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel unfortably the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and tired— maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she rested herself against a post close to the tracks. Several yards away, Frank,43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying. But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, “Oh , my God, she fell in! ”Frank didn’t jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails.“No ! Not you! ”his girlfriend screamed after him. She was right to be the time Frank reached Lisa, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light train was about 20 seconds from the station. It was hard to lift was just he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse. Lisa thought she’d been woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her she tried to talk but she couldn’t ,and that was when she realized how much pain she was in. Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an said her boyfriend was calm on their 40173。 21. — John likes playing basketball. — ________. A. So does he B. So he does C. It is the same with him D. The same is true of him 22. I was ________ at the thought of all the hard work ahead. A. depressed B. depressing C. impressed D. impressive 23. As an actor, you have to ________ your experience to create believable characters. A. draw upon B. draw in C. draw up D. draw back 24. The goal of this project is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ________ his financial situation. A. in terms of B. according to C. due to D. regardless of 25. Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ________ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet. A. had considered B. has been considering C. considered D. is going to consider 26. Listen question is closely related ________ the one to be discussed. A. with B. at C. on D. to 27. All the people ________ at the party were his supporters. A. present B. presented C. presenting D. to present 28. The task was , the workers managed to finish it in time. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Thus 29. ________ the equipment we needed, he also bought some reference books for us. A