3 . 请在方框中选择合适的词汇，填入短文的空格中，使短文完整连贯。
注意：(1)每个选项至多只能使用一次；
(2)方框中有一个多余词汇。

A. medicine   B. to turn on   C. out of   D. in short   E. give a hand to   F. optimism G. suffering from   H. is only brought up   I. alone   J. lead to   K. honest

In the past few years, I have found that mental illness has been a term largely avoided in conversation, and this has a bad impact on those     1     depression, anxiety and other mental diseases. What’s worse, the topic of mental illness     2     when the news draws our attention to it, but then the conversation quiets until the next tragedy (悲剧) happens.

It’s time for the conversation to continue. Instead of waiting for the next tragedy, we need to be open about mental health and about the struggles that come with mental illness and treatment. We need to develop an environment where people feel comfortable to seek the help they need instead of concealing (掩盖) it.

It took a long time, but I am now open about my anxiety and depression. I am open about my taking medicine to treat my mental illness. I am open about the struggle of finding the     3     that works. I encourage everyone to do the same. Be     4     and open with your conversations about mental health. The more comfortable people are with these conversations, the easier it will be for the conversation to continue. A continued conversation will     5     more ideas on treatment and more ideas on how to     6     those who need it.

We have the ability to help those we love and break the shame around mental illness. We should change the idea that it’s something that needs to be cured people of. Mental illness can actually affect anyone, impacting one     7     every four people.

So,    8    , let’s keep the conversation about mental health and mental illness open. Be sure to check up on your friends, and be open about the importance of mental health. If you’re uncomfortable, share your story, which may let others know they are not     9    . Just as Albus Dumbledo re said, “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers     10     the light.”

4 . 在方框内选择合适的词汇填空，使短文连贯。选项中有一项为多余选项。

A．lanes       B．charged       C．dramatically       D．mostly       E．estimated       F．powered G．connectivity       H．boundary       I．dependent       J．advocates       K．invasion

E-Scooters

Over the past two years, electric scooters have become ever-present in many of Europe and America’s biggest cities. Britain is the last major western European country to hold out against the     1    . E-scooters are not allowed on public roads, though people do ride them on cycle     2     and pavements. But where they are permitted, the number of e-scooter sharing companies soars     3    . To their     4    , e-scooters are revolutionary: the “iPhone Of urban transport”. To their critics (批评者), they are dangerous, anti-social and very annoying.

As with a dockless (无桩) bike, scooters are fitted with GPS trackers and wireless     5    . Customers download an app and scan a QR code on the scooter to unlock it. They are then     6     a small amount. Bird, which launched its e-scooter in Santa Monica, California in September 2017 charges $l plus 15 cents per minute, on average, in the US-to travel where they want to go, at a maximum speed of around 15mph. At night, the scooters are rounded up, charged and returned to popularity.

E-Scooters have the potential to solve some of the worlds biggest transport problems. Most cities are already dangerously polluted and heavily congested, and it is simply not an option to put more cars and taxis on the streets. Scooters are efficient; one kilowatt hour of energy carries a car     7     by petrol less than a mile, and an e-scooter 80 miles.

Scooters are clean, cheap, and they require little new infrastructure. For a country like car-     8     America, they could genuinely transform an     9     60% of US journeys under six miles. Even in European cities, which     10     have good public transport systems, they are very useful for travelling the “final mile”. According to Bird,40% of taxi-riding journeys in London are under two miles, so e-scooters could help take a lot of cars off the streets.

5 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. silence   B. grouping   C. matter   D. implication E. consequences F. mental   G. solution   H. immediate   I. worthwhile   J. regaining   K. satisfy

Research shows that when we are absorbed in an activity, even minor distractions can have a huge effect. According to a study,     1     our initial drive (动力) following an interruption can take about 20 minutes.

Multitasking, as many studies have shown, is a myth (谬论). A more accurate account of what happens when we tell ourselves we are multitasking is that we’re rapidly switching between activities, sucking our mental energy. And the     2     can be surprisingly serious. An experiment found that we lose as many as 10 IQ points when we allow our work to be interrupted by distractions like emails and text messages.

The trouble is that multitasking is enjoyable. It’s fun to     3     your curiosity. Who knows who send the next email or text message and what the content might be? Finding out provides     4     satisfaction. In contrast, resisting distractions and staying on task requires discipline and     5     effort. So, what are we to do?

Our strategy is to change the environment to move temptation further away: shut down your email program or     6     your phone. It’s a lot easier to stay on task when you’re not continuously fighting off mental desires.

Another     7     method is to collect similar activities together, keeping transition time to a minimum point. Instead of spreading phone calls, meetings and emails throughout your day, try     8     related tasks so that there are fewer transitions.

In some jobs, multitasking is unavoidable. Some of us truly do need to keep constant connection with our clients, colleagues and managers. So it’s worth noting that limiting disruptions is the only     9    .

Remember, the more you do to minimize task-switching over the course of the day, the more ability you’ll have for activities that actually     10    . Even small changes can make a big difference.

6 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. redefine       B. profits       C. valueless       D. contrary E. typically       F. wide-scale       G. transform       H. relatively I. purpose       J. professional       K. unemployment

People worry that developments in artificial intelligence, or AI, will bring about a point in history in which AI will overtake human intelligence, thereby leading to an unimaginable revolution in human affairs. Others wonder whether we will have control over artificial intelligence or whether it will have control over us.

While this situation may not arise for hundreds of years to come, this doesn’t mean we have nothing to worry about. On the     1    , the AI products that now exist are improving faster than most people realize and are promising to basically     2     our world, though not always for the better. For now, however, they are only tools, not a competing form of intelligence. But they will     3     what work means and how wealth is created.

Unlike the Industrial Revolution and the Computer Revolution, the Al revolution is not taking certain jobs and replacing them with other jobs. Instead, it is believed that they will cause a(n)     4     elimination of jobs—mostly lower-paying jobs, but some higher-paying ones, as well.

This transformation will result in enormous     5     for the companies that develop these AI programs, as well as for the companies that adopt them. We are thus facing two developments that do not sit easily together: enormous wealth concentrated in     6     few hands and an enormous number of people out of work. What is to be done?

Part of the answer will involve educating or retraining people in tasks AI tools aren’t good at. Artificial intelligence is poorly suited for jobs involving creativity, planning and “cross-field” thinking. But these skills are     7     required for high-paying jobs, which maybe hard to retrain displaced workers to be able to do. More promising are lower-paying jobs involving the “people skills” that AI lacks: social workers, barmen, doormen-professions that require human interaction. But how many barmen does a society really need?

The solution to the problem of mass     8     will involve “service jobs of love.” These are jobs that AI cannot do, that society needs and that give people a sense of     9    . Examples include accompanying an older person to visit a doctor, helping at an orphanage and serving as a sponsor at a charity organization. The volunteer service jobs of today, in other words, may turn into the real jobs of the future.

Other volunteer jobs may be higher-paying and     10    , such as compassionate (有同情心的) medical vice providers. In all cases, people will be able to choose to work fewer hours than they do now.

8 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A.kill   B.connection   C.powered   D.manufacturer   E. potential   F.expected   G.catch   H.developed   I. reported J. react K.measured

Love it or hate it, flying is necessary if we want to get to a faraway destination (目的地). For those of us who love to read e-books or listen to music on our phone to     1     the time, however, taking a flight in China can be a boring experience.

This is because Chinese airlines didn’t allow smartphones to be     2     on during flights, even in flight mode (模式). The reason behind the ban is something called electronic interference (电磁干扰). According to a study by plane     3     Boeing in 2014 published by CNN, electromagnetic interference can sometimes cause flight equipment to     4    .

During the study, Kenny Kirchoff, a Boeing engineer,     5     the radio signals sent out by a laptop’s (笔记本电脑的) Wi-Fi radio. He found that some of the signals from the laptop actually jump over the limit, which means there’s a     6     that this piece of equipment could interfere with [plane instruments]. This issue is worse with mobile phones, which constantly send and receive strong signals while they search for a     7     to the network. Even in flight mode, many phones still do this. Despite this, there were just 29 cases of electromagnetic interference caused by mobile phones     8     worldwide between 2003 and 2009, according to CNN. Besides, the instruments in modern planes are protected from electronic interference by metal “shields (护罩)”.

Many Chinese airlines are now     9     to allow passengers to use their smartphones freely, meaning that we can finally     10     up on our favorite books and songs while at 30,000 feet in the air.

10 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. form                    B. engage               C. highlighting       D. issued               E. diversity             F. featured G. accessible             H. variable             I. represented             J. initiative             K. exposing

Art for all

According to a 2018 report, people aged between 16 and 24 make up 15 percent of the population but only 10 percent of museum-goers. Similarly, people of color aged over 35 go half as much as you would expect from their population size.

We have reached the point of recognizing a disconnect between art and audiences but haven't yet determined how to bridge the gap. Two answers to tackling this challenge lie in telling a greater    1    of art histories and communicating these stories in more modern ways.

If you have ever tried to power through reading a museum's complex wall text, you know art discussions can be full of special terms. In 2018, I started a podcast called Art Matters for the charity Art UK with the aim of discussing art from a pop-culture perspective with topics that would    2    younger and more diverse audiences. It offers a(n)    3    pathway to art history with conversations on topics such as film, psychology and even Beyonce, with few special terms. The series has been a useful way of connecting art to current events. Art history is about storytelling; art content shines when there is an effort to bring audiences along for the discussion.

More traditional institutions are paying attention. This summer, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles    4    a social-media challenge for people to recreate paintings using items they had at home. Users displayed incredible creativity- toilet rolls    5    frequently-and the museum was flooded with submissions. This reaction proves that there is a desire for audiences to engage with art topics if the    6    is appealing.

Many people are scared by art and feel that there's a base level of understanding required to join the conversation. The Getty    7    embraced the visuality of art and served as a reminder that there are many pathways to engaging with it.

Another interesting byproduct of the Getty challenge was    8    the public to a diversity of artworks. British opera singer Peter Brathwaite, for example, made scores of stunning recreations    9    centuries of black portraiture, including a collaboration with London's National Portrait Gallery. His efforts counter the perception that there are not many historical portraits of black figures. It is imperative that we do a better job of showcasing the many complex and diverse stories that are    10    in art. In doing so, we preserve more histories and welcome a wider diversity of people.