4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Why are our body’s comfortable temperatures always     1     (low) in comparison to our human body temperatures?

Our bodies generate heat through muscle movement, and     2     (maintain) a specific temperature is crucial for our well-being. However, both too much heat and cold can pose risks, potentially affecting enzymatic (酶的) functions. Therefore, our bodies struggle to maintain     3     delicate balance. Various     4     (process), such as blowing warm air, sweating, and regulating blood flow close     5     the skin, help in breaking up heat. Consequently, our bodies are constantly working to regulate temperature.

Additionally, humidity (湿度) influences our body’s ability to regulate temperature. Moreover, our metabolic (新陈代谢) systems play a vital role in responding to temperature changes. Generally, individuals with higher activity levels and muscle mass tend     6     (have) healthier metabolic systems. For example,     7     (that) with rapid metabolism may feel comfortable even in hot temperatures, whereas those with weaker metabolism may feel     8     (uncomfortable) hot.

To sum this up, the reason why our body’s comfortable air temperature     9     (be) always not higher than the human body’s temperature is that we keep on producing heat from the body     10     combining that with natural heat, plus the clothes we wear also provide some more heat. These factors make our body’s temperature always higher than the comfortable air temperature.

6 . 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。

The letter from the principal couldn’t have been clearer: “The bus will pick up your kids at the bus stop. Parents are not to ride with children on the bus, and not allowed to come to the school, whether to drop off their children or to take pictures. Parking is tight(有限的), even for teachers. And additional cars are strictly forbidden(禁止) at the beginning or end of the school day.”

That was all understandable but they didn’t know my five-year-old twins. Shy and sensitive, they hid whenever the doorbell rang. They couldn’t walk out of their hiding places with ice cream, candy or new toys. Their paternal grandparents could hardly get a good look at them. They clung to(依恋) me whenever we went out in public—one girl per leg. My fear on that first day of school was that my girls would hide under a bus seat, or somehow get lost.

The day came, and it was sunny and beautiful. The girls were lovely in their new dresses. The bus was late, and they were nervous, but they smiled for the camera. I stood near the bus stop for a minute, and their father finally took his eye off the camera lens and took in what I was wearing. “Oh, no, you’re not,” he said.

I wore my gym clothes and favorite long-distance running shoes. The school was a few miles away. “I am going to run to the school, if that’s what you’re thinking,” I said.

Our conversation was cut short when the bus approached. I watched Morgan and Chloe get on, turn and wave on the top step, and then... OK, then I ran before the bus, so I wasn’t lying to my husband.

注意：1．续写词数应为150个左右;
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I took a short cut and reached the school earlier.
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My face didn’t light up until the last bus was coming.
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8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Actress Jia Ling topped the social media topics on the second consecutive day of the Chinese Lunar New Year as her surprising weight loss of 50 kilograms during the shooting of her movie Yolo brought about heated discussions over healthy lifestyle and     1     (allow) some viewers to draw much     2     (inspire) from her tough weight-loss journey.

Topics related to Jia’s surprising weight loss were dominating (主导) Weibo like “Jia Ling     3     (total) shocked me,” as netizens discussed whether it was time to develop a more     4     (balance) habit starting from the Spring Festival. “Her achievement is quite inspiring and it deserves (应得) a movie ticket,”said moviegoer Li     5     regularly visits the gym to lose weight.

Jia noted that the movie is not about boxing or losing weight,     6     rather is a heart-warming story about “learning to love yourself.”     7     (finish) the filming of the movie, Jia had to increase her weight by 20 kilograms before starting to lose weight in only six months.

However, not everyone agreed on Jia’s weight loss program. “Not everyone can manage to shoulder the burden (重担) of     8    (lose) 50 kilograms in just six months,” said Jiang, a fitness expert. “To lose weight     9     a healthy way, we need to set several reachable short-term     10     (goal). It would be better to work out a schedule and stick to it.”

9 . When former librarian Jean Armour Polly first introduced the idea of having computers in libraries in the early 1980s, she was met with pushback. People ______ her and said, “Why would you go to a library to use a ______?” “But I just knew it would be a ______ thing. Students could use computers in schools, but what about the lifelong learners? And adults and seniors?” Polly said.

She got ______ in the potentials of ______ early on. In the mid-1970s, Polly had ______ free computer classes when she was a graduate student in library sciences. In 1981, Polly ______ to secure an Apple II Plus into the small library where she was working in N. Y. At the time, there was only one other library in the nation that ______ public computing.

“We had to hold training courses because nobody ______ how to use a disk drive (磁盘驱动器),” Polly said. Since the Internet was ______ to use back then, the ______ was subject to local librarians, who would help library-goers take their baby steps online.

In 2019, Polly was ______ as the people who brought the Internet to life by the Internet Hall of Fame. When asked what she hoped for the ______ of libraries, Polly expressed ______ because a growing number of people lost interest in books. However, she remained positive. “Libraries have always been like a bastion (堡垒) and they’re coming under a lot of fire,” she said. “But they will ______. I think they will.”

1.

A．heard from

B．looked through

C．laughed at

D．adapted to

2.

A．computer

B．watch

C．phone

D．camera

3.

A．historic

B．strange

C．hopeless

D．wonderful

4.

A．weak

B．honest

C．interested

D．excellent

5.

A．performance

B．technology

C．treatment

D．business

6.

A．missed

B．refused

C．found

D．taken

7.

A．forgot

B．planned

C．managed

D．happened

8.

A．changed

B．offered

C．sold

D．called

9.

A．knew

B．tested

C．chose

D．feared

10.

A．simple

B．hard

C．wild

D．open

11.

A．price

B．shop

C．service

D．worker

12.

A．recognized

B．punished

C．retired

D．attacked

13.

A．cost

B．mistake

C．number

D．future

14.

A．concern

B．joy

C．hate

D．anger

15.

A．close

B．survive

C．return

D．leave