1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

A MOTHER’S DAY SURPRISE

The twins were filled with excitement as they thought of the surprise they were planning for Mother’s Day. How pleased and proud Mother would be when they brought her breakfast in bed. They planned to make French toast and chicken porridge. They had watched their mother in the kitchen. There was nothing to it. Jenna and Jeff knew exactly what to do.

The big day came at last. The alarm rang at 6 a.m. The pair went down the stairs quietly to the kitchen. They decided to boil the porridge first. They put some rice into a pot of water and left it to boil while they made the French toast. Jeff broke two eggs into a plate and added in some milk. Jenna found the bread and put two slices into the egg mixture. Next, Jeff turned on the second stove burner to heat up the frying pan. Everything was going smoothly until Jeff started frying the bread. The pan was too hot and the bread turned black within seconds. Jenna threw the burnt piece into the   sink and put in the other slice of bread. This time, she turned down the fire so it cooked nicely.

Then Jeff noticed steam shooting out of the pot and the lid starting to shake. The next minute, the porridge boiled over and put out the fire. Jenna panicked. Thankfully, Jeff stayed calm and turned off the gas quickly. But the stove was a mess now. Jenna told Jeff to clean it up so they could continue to cook the rest of the porridge. But Jeff’s hand touched the hot burner and he gave a cry of pain. Jenna made him put his hand in cold water. Then she caught the smell of burning. Oh dear! The piece of bread in the pan had turned black as well.

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As the twins looked around them in disappointment, their father appeared.

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The twins carried the breakfast upstairs and woke their mother up.

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2 . Many people love to listen to music while driving. Thanks to the world’s musical roads, drivers now don’t need to turn the radio on.     1    

A musical road can create music when a car tires go over grooves (凹槽) on the road. To produce beautiful music, drivers must pass over the grooves at a certain speed. Signs often tell drivers the right speed.

    2    . Since the mid-1990, musical rads have appeared in many different countries.     3    . To warn drivers to the incoming music, all the roads are marked by colored musical notes that are painted on these roads. Drivers can decide whether to go over the grooves or not because they are set on the side of the road.

In Hungary, there is a musical road in honor of one of the country’s most popular musical performers — Laszlo Bodi. Bodi was the lead singer for the band Republic.     4    . Sadly, Bodi passed away in 2013. But people still remember him as there’s a road where drivers can hear 30 seconds of the Republic song “Road 67”.

    5    . In Indonesia, a road plays the first six notes of “Happy Birthday”. The fifth note is a little out of tune, though. This “mistake” keeps drivers awake and aware, and it has reduced the number of traffic accidents. Such is the power of music and musical roads.

A．Musical roads are also keeping drivers safe.

B．There is not any music road in Eastern countries.

C．Musical roads help improve the road safety greatly.

D．But they can also enjoy music while taking road trips.

E．Formed in 1990, the group is one of Hungary’s biggest acts and is still active today.

F．The first musical road was created in Gylling, Denmark, in 1995.

G．For example, in Japan, there are many musical roads throughout the country.

4 . Christmas was approaching. I still hadn’t prepared a gift for my wife Donna. However, Donna was good at _________things, and she would have _________gifts for everyone long before Christmas.

We had just moved to Italy and were still _________.While Donna was away on business, I continued working on the _________so that we could live in it comfortably. I also cared for Princess, Donna’s beloved cat. One day, she rushed out and was gone!

Northern Italy is usually _________warm, so she wouldn’t_________. But she might have to handle feral (野生的) cats. Our holidays would be _________if Princess wasn’t back before Christmas. Therefore, I made a poster with a (n) _________of Princess, a hurried drawing and a promised pay back. Soon, people visited me with various feral cats because of my unclear drawing or the _________I offered, I could never ____________a hungry animal. So many cats moved into our yard soon.

Donna’s daily calls continued, and so did my daily visits. I still didn’t mention the ____________.Donna finally returned and showed me the gifts for Princess as we drove home, while ____________considered how to ____________the news.

When approaching our home, Donna shouted, “You give me the best Christmas gift!” I was ____________ . Looking around, I saw Princess playing with other cats in our yard! Then I realized Donna misunderstood my ____________.Anyway, that was how I avoided the possible blame and gave Donna a Christmas gift at the last minute again.

1.

A．decorating

B．recycling

C．evaluating

D．planning

2.

A．thoughtful

B．cheap

C．common

D．similar

3.

A．exercising

B．unpacking

C．wandering

D．arguing

4.

A．library

B．house

C．store

D．clinic

5.

A．horribly

B．abnormally

C．reasonably

D．rarely

6.

A．freeze

B．escape

C．starve

D．move

7.

A．replaced

B．advocated

C．ruined

D．enriched

8.

A．collection

B．treatment

C．approval

D．description

9.

A．reward

B．topic

C．proposal

D．assistance

10.

A．turn in

B．turn out

C．turn on

D．turn away

11.

A．complaint

B．schedule

C．disappearance

D．prediction

12.

A．proudly

B．silently

C．angrily

D．blindly

13.

A．analyze

B．get

C．break

D．publish

14.

A．frightened

B．thrilled

C．inspired

D．confused

15.

A．purpose

B．theory

C．adventure

D．example

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Kathy's family vacation to the beach was usually the highlight of her summer. This year, however, her parents announced a new rule: no phones for the entire week.

“But my friends will be expecting updates about the trip, "Kathy complained. Kathy's mom gave her a serious look. Unwillingly, Kathy handed her phone over and her mom locked it away.

The drive to the beach house took most of the day. As they turned off the highway onto country back roads, the clouds darkened. Rain started to pour. "Even more beautiful in the rain," her mother said. " What do you think, Kathy?" Kathy glared at her mom. "Beautiful, "she muttered.

That night after dinner, Kathy wandered into the kitchen, where her father was washing dishes. She gave her father a loving look and said in her sweetest voice, "Couldn’t I have my phone back, just for one second? Just so I can tell everyone what an amazing time I'm having?”

“Can't, "he said. "It's not here. Remember?" Kathy was very annoyed. Having nothing better to do, she examined the dusty bookcase in the living room. The books looked as dull as the weather. On the top shelf, however, she spotted a puzzle. She took it, emptied the pieces on the table, and began to sort them.

After what seemed like a few minutes, she looked up. It was past ten o'clock. She had been working for almost two hours! She yawned. The puzzle was less than half done, but she was exhausted. So, she went to bed.

When Kathy awoke the next morning, she jumped out of bed and threw open the curtains. A blazing sun was rising over the blue ocean. The sky was cloudless. The scene reminded Kathy of a photo that her friend betty had recently sent her.

This view was even better. It would leave everyone speechless. Kathy dashed to her bedside table and reached for her phone. But there was nothing there. She sighed. Still, she wandered in front of the window, admiring the sunrise.

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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

After a quick breakfast, Kathy headed to the beach.

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Appreciating the finished puzzle, she realized she hadn't thought of her cellphone for hours.

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6 . It’s a connected world, and nearly every device, appliance, and machine with some sort of computer running inside it can be connected to others through the Internet of Things (IoT). What a great leap forward in this journey we call human civilization! But does this recent advancement come with a dark secret that can someday turn on us? Are smart devices spies around us?

Many smart appliances today, particularly smartphones and virtual assistants are equipped with voice command capabilities. They can, therefore, listen to and record your comments and conversations even after they’ve carried out your original command. Concerns about devices turning on voice command by themselves and listening even when you do not enable the feature have also been raised. The question then is: What actually happens when your smart device is listening? How much information gets recorded, and where does this eventually end up in?

Take a listening app called “Alphonso” as an example. You can’t download it directly from the App Store, but it comes with some games and apps that you can fix. While you are playing games on your smartphone, Alphonso comes to life and listens to what you are watching on TV. It then records this information and sends it to some server somewhere, and the data is analyzed to build a profile about your TV-viewing habits. Alphonso proves that devices can listen to what you say and do.

Alphonso proves that devices can listen to what you say and do. Now, what’s to stop devices from gathering other data? They can be made to look at chat and text messages or your calendar, for example, everything about you would be fair game. Some popular smart home platforms can control the platforms to fall silent but still remain active, capturing every word you speak that can potentially land you in some sort of phishing (网络欺诈) trouble. This seems to be the price we have to pay for the convenience that technology gives us. Privacy seems non-existent. So we should thus take steps to protect ourselves from this eventuality.

1. What can we infer about IoT mentioned in paragraph 1?

A．People rely too much on IoT.	B．IoT spies are exactly among us.
C．IoT can be a double-edged sword.	D．IoT merely comes with a dark secret.

2. What is the potential risk associated with smart devices?

A．Voice command capabilities	B．Personal data and identity theft.
C．Original command recognition.	D．Location-based tracking function.

3. Why does the author take “Alphonso” as an example?

A．To present how smart devices send ads.	B．To introduce the advantage of voice commands.
C．To show the usage of downloading listening app.	D．To explain how hidden app steal people’s privacy.

4. Where dose the article go next?

A．Ways to prevent information leakage.	B．Reasons for the loss of personal data.
C．Tricks of obtaining sensitive information.	D．Methods of interactions with technologies.