【推荐1】A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply--all these were important____in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. _____they were not enough. Something____was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men--____individuals who could invent machines, find new______of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who____the machines of the Industrial Revolution____from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were____inventors than scientists. A man who is a______scientist is primarily interested in doing his research______ He is not necessarily working_______that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is____trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by_____the theories____science or by experimenting through trial and error____of his method, he is working to obtain a____result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.
Most of the people who____the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had_____or no training in science might not have made their inventions_____ a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years_______1.

A．cases

B．reasons

C．factors

D．situations

2.

A．But

B．And

C．Besides

D．Even

3.

A．else

B．near

C．extra

D．similar

4.

A．generating

B．effective

C．motivating

D．creative

5.

A．origins

B．sources

C．bases

D．discoveries

6.

A．employed

B．created

C．operated

D．controlled

7.

A．came

B．arrived

C．stemmed

D．appeared

8.

A．less

B．better

C．more

D．worse

9.

A．respectable

B．practical

C．pure

D．clever

10.

A．happily

B．occasionally

C．reluctantly

D．accurately

11.

A．now

B．and

C．all

D．so

12.

A．seldom

B．sometimes

C．always

D．never

13.

A．planning

B．using

C．studying

D．applying

14.

A．of

B．with

C．to

D．as

15.

A．Speaking

B．Thinking

C．Instead

D．Regardless

16.

A．single

B．sole

C．specialized

D．specific

17.

A．proposed

B．developed

C．supplied

D．offered

18.

A．little

B．much

C．some

D．any

19.

A．as

B．if

C．because

D．while

20.

A．ago

B．past

C．ahead

D．before

【推荐2】China's Chang'd has been operating flawlessly since it landed on the far side of the Moon in January 2019. Its arrival was later followed by the appearance of Beresheet, a probe built by the Israeli non-profit organization Spacell. It reached the Moon in April but crashed during its landing. Spacell has since announced that it intends to take another _________. At the same time, the United States has promised to set up lunar laboratories in the near future, while Europe and Russia have also _________ plans to launch complex missions. Suddenly, everyone is going to the Moon.

After the _________ excitement over Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic mission in July 1969, public interest in the future of human space flight gradually _________.So what has suddenly made Earth's only permanent natural satellite so popular again?

One reason for this _________ towards exploiting the Moon is that humankind has simply reached a stage of technological evolution that has enabled this progression, which is _________ to the other great trends of exploration throughout history.

David Parker from the European Space Agency sees particular _________ with our conquest of Antarctica. The Earth's southernmost continent was opened up by technological advances - motorized vehicles, air transport, radio and other developments - that are _________ in the new sciences of machine learning, sensor (传感器) technology, and robotics. These_________ to transform lunar exploration in one crucially important way: by reducing the need for the continual presence of humans in hostile environments. And the success of China's Chang'e-4 provides an example of what can be achieved without human __________.

Mastering a harsh environment that is distant will require us to overcome all sorts of technological hurdles. Then we will be better __________ when we start looking at Mars, which is 400 million kilometers away — a million times farther from Earth than the ISS. For many space enthusiasts, the exploration and exploitation of the Moon is necessary if we are to send people to Mars. "That's the real goal for humanity," says Parker.

There is, however, another more poignant (辛酸的) reason for returning to the Moon. Six Apollo missions made it to the lunar surface, each crewed by two men. __________, only twelve humans have ever had first-hand knowledge of standing on another world, only four of whom are still alive. __________ their age, we could soon find ourselves in a time when there are no humans left with the first-hand memory of another world. I, like millions of other people, feel that it would be a __________ should this reality one day come to pass.

When the Apollo astronauts were flying to the Moon, it seemed like science fiction come true. It would be good if we could bring back that sense of __________, if nothing else.

1.

A．luck

B．risk

C．look

D．shot

2.

A．revealed

B．unlocked

C．exposed

D．demonstrated

3.

A．increasing

B．initial

C．ultimate

D．genuine

4.

A．died out

B．worn off

C．passed down

D．left behind

5.

A．shift

B．evolution

C．passion

D．preference

6.

A．favorable

B．available

C．comparable

D．accountable

7.

A．association

B．harmony

C．agreement

D．parallels

8.

A．imported

B．mirrored

C．transferred

D．applied

9.

A．promise

B．contribute

C．resolve

D．intend

10.

A．interference

B．destruction

C．involvement

D．emergence

11.

A．informed

B．enlightened

C．armed

D．converted

12.

A．Thus

B．Nevertheless

C．Otherwise

D．Furthermore

13.

A．Despite

B．Beyond

C．Regarding

D．Given

14.

A．tragedy

B．destiny

C．blow

D．revelation

15.

A．fulfillment

B．wonder

C．duty

D．identity

【推荐1】One of the roles of the Nobel Prize for literature is to shine a light on someone who has been less visible than they deserve. That role was _______ this year in the announcement of Abdulrazak Gurnah as winner.

Unlike previous popular recipients living in Britain, he is not a _______. He could, as he said after the announcement, have reached more readers, but his publications _______ to grant him that. His publisher felt sorry for the fact that he “is one of the greatest living African writers; yet no one has ever _______ him,” but with this he did not agree: “I didn’t think I was ignored.”

There is a gulf(分歧), here, that has to do with who is doing the looking, and what _______ as officially being noticed. There is also a point of _______: calling Gurnah an African writer. In fact, while that seems to broaden horizons, it narrows and distances what he is doing. Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, and left for Britain when he was 18, _______ regional conflicts for what he hoped would be calmer waters, which turned out to be stronger dark current. He has lived in Britain ever since.

He began and stuck to writing to make sense, to himself, of the shock -- of racism, _______, poverty and loneliness. His ten novels return to it _______, which begins in 1996’s Admiring Silence. His work exists because of Britain as well as Zanzibar; it may ________ both or wholly neither. It arrives out of a(n) ________ of English literature (Gurnah is professor of literature at the University of Kent), and his first language, the rhythms and stories of Islam.

________, many of the UK’s thirteen Nobel-winning writers were born elsewhere as by 2019, 14% of the UK’s population were born abroad. People might also be astonished at how many of those countries were once part of the British empire. Gurnah has spoken of how much of the world is still processing the wounds that colonialism ________, especially the experience of “losing your place in the world” -- where place is not just ________, but also belonging, status and culture.

In this sense, Gurnah’s work, which ________ those who might not have been remembered in history -- shopkeeper, homemakers, students and refugees, could not be more British. But, more importantly, it could not be more universal.

1.

A．interrupted

B．fulfilled

C．interpreted

D．committed

2.

A．household name

B．black horse

C．new face

D．walking dictionary

3.

A．demanded

B．tended

C．qualified

D．failed

4.

A．cast doubt on

B．shown sympathy for

C．taken any notice of

D．put trust in

5.

A．bridges

B．counts

C．cycles

D．ceases

6.

A．exploration

B．definition

C．invitation

D．accusation

7.

A．prizing

B．initiating

C．fighting

D．avoiding

8.

A．caution

B．pleasure

C．rejection

D．fantasy

9.

A．repeatedly

B．periodically

C．hardly

D．accidentally

10.

A．bother with

B．contribute to

C．consist of

D．admit to

11.

A．structure

B．knowledge

C．empathy

D．necessity

12.

A．Obviously

B．Naturally

C．Consequently

D．Strikingly

13.

A．generated

B．healed

C．received

D．examined

14.

A．psychological

B．geographical

C．ideological

D．extraordinary

15.

A．advocates

B．labels

C．emphasizes

D．evaluates

【推荐2】Now at some level, all moms and dads know they shouldn’t yell at kids. But if you don’t ________ or talk angrily, how do you discipline (管教)?

For thousands of years, the Inuit have ________an ancient tool: storytelling. Designed to improve kids’ behaviors and sometimes ________save their lives, oral stories are passed down from one ________ to the next. For example, how do you teach kids to ________the ocean? Instead of ________, “Don’t go near the water!” Inuit parents take a unique ________and tell kids a special story about what’s inside the water.

________, those stories seemed to me too scary for little children. And my initial reaction was to ________ them. But my opinion changed after I watched my own daughter’s response to ________tales — and after I learned more about humanity’s complex relationship with storytelling.

Oral storytelling is what’s known as a human ________ . For tens of thousands of years, it has been a key way that parents teach children about values and how to ________. Modern hunter-gatherer groups use ________ to teach sharing, respect for others and conflict avoidance. With the Agta, a hunter-gatherer population of the Philippines, good storytelling skills are ________ more than hunting skills or medicinal knowledge.

Today many parents outsource their oral storytelling to screens, which also ________. We learn best through things that are ________ to us. And stories, by their ________, can have lots of things in them that are much more interesting in a way that bare ________ don’t. Stories with a dash of danger ________ kids like magnets (磁石). And they turn a tension-ridden activity like disciplining into a ________ interaction. So, don’t discount the playfulness of storytelling

1.

A．answer

B．scold

C．defend

D．stare

2.

A．relied on

B．run into

C．dealt with

D．applied for

3.

A．still

B．only

C．even

D．never

4.

A．point

B．season

C．destination

D．generation

5.

A．stay away from

B．look forward to

C．face up to

D．put up with

6.

A．yelling

B．begging

C．recommending

D．questioning

7.

A．contribution

B．approach

C．opportunity

D．introduction

8.

A．At least

B．In addition

C．At first

D．For example

9.

A．subscribe

B．dismiss

C．substitute

D．prove

10.

A．familiar

B．personal

C．humorous

D．similar

11.

A．form

B．right

C．characteristic

D．emotion

12.

A．behave

B．calculate

C．change

D．differ

13.

A．toys

B．experiments

C．videos

D．stories

14.

A．affected

B．prized

C．distributed

D．blamed

15.

A．declines

B．exists

C．works

D．concludes

16.

A．important

B．available

C．apparent

D．interesting

17.

A．nature

B．size

C．purpose

D．aspect

18.

A．prediction

B．imagination

C．statements

D．performances

19.

A．consist of

B．turn down

C．pay off

D．pull in

20.

A．careful

B．playful

C．doubtful

D．painful

【推荐3】I have learnt a lot about Chinese life and culture while teaching in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province and found them very interesting．
First, family life is quite _______． In the USA, many young people ____ home after they finish their education and start working． However, in China, it is ____ for people to live with their parents until they get married． ____, many of my Chinese friends told me that their____ lived with them and helped take care of them when they were children． It seems that Americans think independence is more important ____ the Chinese think family relationships are more important．
Bargaining is another ____ that I have tried to learn． In the USA, prices are ____ and you can’t ask for a lower price． However in some small Chinese stores and tourist places, you are ____ to bargain． My Chinese friends taught me to ask for 40 percent or 50 percent ____ the original price． If the salesperson doesn’t agree to my price, I should ____ to leave and he might let me come back and sell me the item． It is a skill that you have to ____ if you live in China．
Tipping hasn’t been easier to ____． In the USA, many people in the service ____ want to get ____ money for serving customers． Tipping is not a part of Chinese culture． ____ I tried to tip a taxi driver． He looked a little ____ and refused to take the money．
In dinners, perhaps what surprises an American visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their ____． Actually, this is a ____ of true friendship and politeness． My Chinese friend told me if I didn’t want to eat it, I should just ____ the food in the plate．1.

A．unique

B．different

C．private

D．harmonious

2.

A．come

B．build

C．leave

D．abandon

3.

A．regular

B．true

C．common

D．usual

4.

A．Also

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Although

5.

A．parents

B．relatives

C．babysitters

D．grandparents

6.

A．while

B．since

C．when

D．as

7.

A．way

B．custom

C．lesson

D．habit

8.

A．made

B．agreed

C．charged

D．set

9.

A．expected

B．taught

C．suggested

D．required

10.

A．up

B．away

C．off

D．on

11.

A．promise

B．pretend

C．decide

D．hope

12.

A．tolerate

B．understand

C．practise

D．consider

13.

A．adjust to

B．turn to

C．refer to

D．stick to

14.

A．area

B．department

C．branch

D．industry

15.

A．easy

B．extra

C．pocket

D．prize

16.

A．Often

B．Once

C．Sometimes

D．Before

17.

A．excited

B．satisfied

C．frightened

D．confused

18.

A．own

B．children

C．neighbors

D．guests

19.

A．signal

B．mark

C．sign

D．feature

20.

A．leave

B．remain

C．put

D．taste

【推荐3】Wang Yaping, 41, became China’s first female astronaut to conduct a spacewalk on November. 2021.

Wang’s dream of becoming an astronaut was _________ by Yang Liwei’s 2003 space flight, which was China’s first manned space mission.

“Now China has its first man in space, when will our country have its first _________ .” thought Wang, who was then working as a fighter pilot in China’s air force.

After years of _________ training and excellent performance in various _________, in May 2010, Wang became a member of China’s first batch of female astronauts. The joy of being _________ did not last long as the cruel nature of the training quickly _________.

In the first year, Wang could not get the top level in the high-G training, which simulates (模拟) the environment when the spacecraft _________, enters orbit and returns. Because of the overwhelming force of gravity, blood can’t flow to the brain _________, causing a temporary _________ of oxygen and even blindness. Astronauts must __________ the spacecraft while enduring (忍受) these conditions. Wang improved her performance by doing __________ core-strength exercises every day and finally managed to reach the top level.

Wang realized her space dream as part of the Shenzhou-10 mission. She was confident that the crew could fulfill this challenging mission.

Meanwhile, to prepare for their __________, Wang and her five-year-old daughter promised to focus on their respective (各自的) __________. “I promised to __________ the stars for her. She wants to share them with her classmates,” Wang __________.

1.

A．influenced

B．requested

C．inspired

D．reported

2.

A．aircraft

B．woman

C．planet

D．experiment

3.

A．boring

B．tough

C．online

D．proper

4.

A．missions

B．countries

C．methods

D．sections

5.

A．loved

B．respected

C．titled

D．selected

6.

A．burst into

B．show up

C．set out

D．brought in

7.

A．takes off

B．puts on

C．jumps over

D．rises up

8.

A．firmly

B．properly

C．frequently

D．gently

9.

A．lack

B．supply

C．form

D．release

10.

A．ignore

B．land

C．board

D．operate

11.

A．mental

B．basic

C．additional

D．similar

12.

A．selection

B．competition

C．separation

D．celebration

13.

A．platform

B．cause

C．performance

D．tasks

14.

A．collect

B．draw

C．buy

D．circle

15.

A．sighed

B．laughed

C．yelled

D．regretted