As Hurricane Lan bore down on Florida, many residents who stayed put found themselves unable to leave even if they tried. For hours they were forced to fight heavy winds and attempt to escape flooding inside long-loved homes that had become frightening, deadly traps. Within days, around 100 deaths in the state would be attributed to the hurricane, many of them were older residents who drowned.
When the water slipped in under the door of their home, it was just a glimmer on the floor, a sign that it was time to go. It was Wednesday, Sept.28, around noon, and Bishop woke up her two brothers, who had been resting after lunch. She pulled the wheelchair up to the oldest, Russell, 67. Her other brother, Todd, 63, could manage with a walker.
Both men had been born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), and their mental development was like that of a young child. About 10 years ago, they started showing signs of Parkinson’s disease. But they found joy in their surroundings. Todd liked collecting cans at the beach. Russell loved riding the bus and going to parks. Bishop, 61, was their lifeline, their little sister who had long felt an obligation to keep them safe.
“We’ve got to get going!” she shouted to them. She went to open the front door. It would not move. The weight of the water on the other side had made it shut. She rushed to try the door to the garage. It, too, was stuck. That’s when the house began to flood. It went from ankle-deep to knee-deep in less than five minutes. Bishop knew that there was no way out.
Now Bishop and her brothers were trapped. At 12:34 p.m., she called 911 but couldn’t get through. There was no one she could get in touch with. To try her fortune, she texted a neighbor, Walters, who was always there when neighbors were in need, “Water’s coming in.” Around her, she could hear the dining room hutch (餐具柜) tipping and crashing, the china breaking, the refrigerator toppling over.
注意：
(1)续写词数应为150左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The only way to go was up, so Bishop guided her two bothers to the stairs.
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Bishop sank into despair, but she noticed it seemed water stopped coming in.
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Having worked at a small food store for two years, I thought I had become successful at what our manager called “customer relations”. I firmly believed that a friendly smile and an automatic “sir”, “madam”, “thank you” and “sorry” would see me through any situation. But on a Christmas night an old woman shook my belief that such a glib (油嘴滑舌的) response could smooth over any difficulty while dealing with other human beings.
The moment she entered the store, the woman presented a sharp contrast to our shiny store with its bright lighting and neatly arranged shelves. Walking as if each step were painful, she slowly pushed open the glass door. On such a zero-degree night, she was wearing only a faded print dress, a thin sweater too small to button, and black slippers with the backs cut out to expose heels. There were no stockings or socks on her blue-veined (青筋的) legs.
After walking around the store for several minutes, the old woman stopped in front of the rows of canned vegetables. She looked at the row of cans, finally picked up a can of corn and stared at the label. At that point, I decided to be a good and polite employee and asked her if she needed help. As I stood close to her, my smile became harder to maintain. An unpleasant smell of sweat rose from her torn clothing.
“I need some food,” she muttered in reply to my bright “Madam, can I help you?”
“Are you looking for corn, madam?”
“I need some food,” she repeated, looking down at the can in her hand, “Any kind.”
“Well, the can of corn is ninety-five cents, madam.” I said in my most helpful voice. “Or if you like, we have a special on bread today.”
After a short pause, she lifted her head and said, “But I can’t pay.”
For a second, it was on the tip of my tongue to tell her that she could take the corn. Then the employee rules flooded into my mind: remain polite but do not let the customers take advantage of you.
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2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
At the thought of that, I managed a friendly smile.
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Instantly I rushed out of the door with the can of corn and stopped the old woman.
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1. 简述刷短视频的利与弊；
2. 你的观点。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：刷短视频 watch short videos
Good morning, everyone.
I’d like to
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1. 本周学习时间变更及原因；
2. 本周学习内容:制作包子(steamed stuffed bun)；
3. 课前准备:面粉、猪肉及蔬菜。
注意:
1. 词数100左右；
2 .可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . I teach at a university and recently had an interesting interaction with a student who approached my desk with an assignment. I watched as he
“What’s that?” I asked. His
I was shocked. All I could do was stare at it long enough to
If I have some
So what became of my
Once those basic things were
| A．ruined | B．pulled | C．blocked | D．harvested |
| A．belief | B．solution | C．notice | D．response |
| A．repair | B．recover | C．raise | D．recognize |
| A．arrangement | B．preparation | C．adaptation | D．assignment |
| A．explicit | B．flat | C．long | D．sharp |
| A．twisted | B．registered | C．withdrew | D．deposited |
| A．complaint | B．celebration | C．appreciation | D．attraction |
| A．lesson | B．distance | C．course | D．silence |
| A．excused | B．prohibited | C．required | D．allowed |
| A．expectation | B．assumption | C．comprehension | D．judgement |
| A．burst out | B．cut down | C．give in | D．keep up |
| A．career | B．teacher | C．draft | D．student |
| A．rather than | B．or rather | C．other than | D．as well as |
| A．forgave | B．scolded | C．troubled | D．influenced |
| A．torn | B．introduced | C．examined | D．selected |
| A．hopefully | B．specially | C．strangely | D．quietly |
| A．difficult | B．unnecessary | C．valuable | D．unconditional |
| A．copying | B．stressing | C．correcting | D．reviewing |
| A．handled | B．listed | C．enjoyed | D．tested |
| A．demanded | B．finished | C．recorded | D．settled |
6 . If you live in Washington, D. C., or Redwood, Calif., you may have glimpsed a small, boxy robot rolling along a local sidewalk, minding it’s own business, but attracting the attention of many a curious onlooker. The autonomous machines were part of a pilot program last year by Starship Technologies focused on delivering meals from local restaurants in dozens of cities around the world.
“Today, more than ever, people lead a busy and diverse life,” Lex Bayer, Starship’s CEO, said in a statement online. “The hassle of needing to rearrange your life for a delivery will become a thing of the past. You don’t have to switch your working from home day, reschedule meetings, visit a locker, drive to a post office or contact a deliveryman all because of a missed delivery.”
The package delivery service is not available to everyone just yet. The company said it’s rolling out the service in Milton Keynes, England. The wheeled robots have a top speed of 4 mph and can detect obstacles from as far as 30 feet away. “The robot can operate through just about anything,” Nick Handrick, head of operations for Starship’s D. C. office, told The Washington Post's Maura Judkis last year. “If you had something in the way—a stick—it’s able to climb the edges of a road.”
By giving customers control of when deliveries occur, Starship Technologies is offering its service as a way to battle package theft. In its announcement, the company cited statistics from a Wakefield Research Poll for Comcast last year that found that 3 in 10 Americans who live in houses or townhouses have had packages stolen.
To sign up for the service, which costs a little more than $10 per month, customers need to download the company's app. Customers then create a “Starship Delivery Address,” a unique address inside a Starship facility, instead of a residence, where they can have packages sent from places such as Amazon, com. Once a package is delivered to the Starship address, customers receive a text that allows them to schedule a home delivery via robot.
1. Which can best replace the underlined word “hassle” in paragraph 2?| A．failure | B．expectation | C．safety | D．trouble |
| A．There is a limit to its service area. |
| B．It takes longer to deliver packages. |
| C．It covers a short distance each time. |
| D．It can’t sense the barriers 20 feet away. |
| A．The company shortens the delivery hour. |
| B．The package is delivered to the house directly. |
| C．Its delivery time is in the control of customers. |
| D．The customers are informed of its delivery time in advance. |
| A．It is a real home address of the customers. |
| B．It can arrange delivery robots for the customers. |
| C．It is a cheaper solution to the delivery of packages. |
| D．It sends the packages mainly to some shopping platforms. |
7 . Solar power is helping bring about a future of cleaner energy, but there are limits to where rigid solar panels (刚性太阳能电池板)can go. A new kind of solar cell made with a mineral called perovskite (钙钛矿)can go almost anywhere, says physicist Olga Malinkiewicz. We can use perovskite cells on the surfaces of the building, on the roofs of the buildings, on the roofs of the cars and on the electronic devices. We can use it on the sails. We can use it in the balls, tents and unlimited applications. Malinkiewicz says perovskite has become a favorite among solar panel researchers. Because it can be printed, everyone can use it on every surface.
Malinkiewicz developed a way to print perovskite panels like an inkjet printer. She co-founded a company to produce them, called Soleil Technologies, after the Baltic sun goddess. Construction company Skanska is testing the panels at their Warsaw headquarters. Adam Targowski is sustainable (可持续的)development manager for Skanska. They work perfectly, even when they are not well exposed to sunlight. So we can use them in all surfaces of the building. Soleil calculates that about one square meter of panel can supply a day’s worth of power for one worker’s computer and lights. And they keep getting better as research continues, says the company’s scientific director Konrad Wojciechowski.
For other technologies, it took decades to really enter markets. Perovskite has been around only for few years in scientific research, so there is still a lot to be done, but potential is basically pretty much unlimited, I think. There are still durability and other problems to work out, but several companies expect to have perovskite panels on the market this year.
1. What do we know about perovskite solar cell from the first paragraph?| A．It’s delicate. | B．It’s complex. | C．It’s flexible. | D．It’s expensive. |
| A．Skanska and Adam Targowski. |
| B．Malinkiewicz and Skanska. |
| C．Soleil Technologies. |
| D．Perovskite panels. |
| A．It needs years to put perovskite panels into markets. |
| B．Scientists think perovskite panels are ready for markets. |
| C．Perovskite has been studied for decades. |
| D．Perovskite panels will soon be seen in the market. |
| A．To explain how to use perovskite panels. |
| B．To introduce perovskite panels. |
| C．To advertise a new solar power cell. |
| D．To propose scientists to further study perovskiet cells. |
