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Bioengineering,of course.^^I responded without theslightest hesitation.I enteredthis worldwith Polandsyndrome,a diseasethat preventedthe formationof my right arm（胸肌）.and pectoralmuscles Myparents,believing thatplaying with Lego couldenhance my dexterity（灵工）5,gifted memy firstkit whenI wasfive.Struggling topiece thecomponents together,I craftedmyfirst Legowork-a car.As Igot older,I grewobsessed withLego Technic,a more advanced range,and how to useit tobuild moredelicate structures.By the age ofnine,I hadfashioned myfirst prosthetic（义肢）arm usingLego Technic-a simplebox thatperfectly accommodatedmyrightarm.This earlycreation sparkedmy drivefor furtherexploration.Years later,I developedanotherprosthetic armthat Icalled theMK-1,which hadfingers,a motor,a pressuresensor,a movableelbowjoint,and agrabber capableof pickingthings up.Before constructingit,I hadalready decidedagainst traditionalprosthetics.Not becausethey wereineffective,but becauseplaying withLego didsignificantly improvemydexterity,helping meadapt tomycondition.However,a morefrustrating reasonwas thatprosthetics weretoo expensive.My parentsandT hadlooked into getting onea fewyears earlier,only to be discouragedby theprohibitive price.So,I concludedthat Imight notneed onebecause Iwas managingwell without.Nevertheless,the joyofcreating prostheticswithLegoremained,and Icontinued makingthem purelyfor thefun ofit.As theyears passed,my creationsevolved fromMK-1to themoreadvancedand comfortableMK-V.It featureda controlunit thatcould sendand receiveorders fromsensors onthe armto themotors,with cablesthat contractlike muscles.One day,a couplewith theireight-year-old son,who lostboth armsin anaccident,reached outtome afterlearning aboutmy creations.Short ofmoney,they couldntafford well-functioning prosthetics.Daniel,the fatherearnestly asked,“we werewondering ifyou couldpossibly helpbuild aset of注意prosthetics forour son.^^所续写短文的词数应为左右；
1.150续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好
2.Paragraph1:I knewit wouldheachallenging anddemanding task,hut Irespondedwith a（iyesParagraph2:I rushedto theboy shome andsecured theprosthetics ontohim!-and theyship worldwide.BrowseBe atranslatorHelp usmake theapp accessiblefor morepeople in their nativelanguage.TranslateSpread thewordInvite yourfriends,family orco-workers.Share7,536,743660,439150+180+Volunteers Blindamp;low-vision CountriesLanguages
1.What isthe aimof Be My EyesA.To explorenew videoand AIapplications.B,To promoteglobal communication.C.To facilitatehelp for the visuallychallenged.D.To increasethe salesof officialgoods.
2.Adopting BeMy AI,businesses can.A.tailor productsto customers,needsB,improve efficiencyat alower costC.gain moreexperienced specialistsD.conduct automaticteam training
3.What canreaders doto supportBeMyEyesA.Purchase itsservice.B.Spread nativelanguages.C.Upload livevideo.D.Recommend theapp.（诊断）Kelli Boehlesays herson Nik was anamazing andcaring person.Nik was diagnosed withcancerin2008when hewas
17.He passedaway in
2012.But Nikskindness andgenerosity havelived onlongafter hisdeath.（给予）After hewasdiagnosedand startedtreatment,Nikwasgranted a wish experiencefrom theMake-A-Wish Foundation.For justthis periodof time,we didntthink aboutcancer,“KeHi Boehlesaid.All wethought aboutwas enjoyingour timetogether.In2009,Nik metanother youngman Nate,who was also goingthrough cancertreatment.Hedbeen diagnoseda monthafter turning18,and Niklearned hewas tooold toqualify forawish.The nightbeforeNik passedaway,he askedhis motherto helpensure that young adultsfighting cancercould havetheirwishes cometrue too.“It waslike aseed heplanted thatjust wouldntstop cominginto mymind,“she said.In2012,Kelli Boehlestarted Niks Wish.The nonprofitgrants wishesto young adults betweenthe agesof18and24who arebattling cancer.Nate wasthe organizationsfirst wishrecipient.“Its meantto bringthem joyandknow that theyre lovedand thatwere fightingfor them,too,Kelli Boehlesaid.Recently,19-year-old JordanMorrow receivedher wishto attenda TaylorSwift concertas partofa tripto LosAngeles.For Morrow,who hasspent the last yearbattling braincancer,going to the concerthasdone more than lifther spirits.“I thinkits somethingtogetme throughwhatever comesmy way,shesaid.And Imthankful forNiksWishfor that.In the11years sinceNik passedaway,the organizationhas granted morethan300wishes acrossmorethan30states.In thebeginning,Kelli Boehlesays shewasnt sureshe couldbe awish makerandwork closelywith theyoung adults.But now,its herfavorite thingto do.
4.What isthe goalof NiksWishA.To makecommercial profits.B.To curethe youthof theircancer.C.To easeyoung patientsof pains.D.To supportyoungadultsfighting cancer.
5.Which wordbest describesKelli BoehleA.Intelligent.B.Selfless.C.Straightforward.D.Ambitious.
6.What canwe learnfrom JordanMorrows wordsA.She survivedthe deadlydisease.B.She wasgrantedmorethan onewish.C.She wasmotivated bythe organization.D.She liftedpeoples spiritsby performing.
7.What isthe best titleforthe textA.Pay-It-Forward:A MothersLast WishB・Cancer Battles:Stories ofHope andPerseverance汰C.N sWish:Fulfilling Wishesfbr YoungCancer FightersD.Make-A-Wish Foundation:Granting Dreamsto YoungAdults（蝉）Trillions ofevolutions wonders,red-eyed periodical cicadas thathave pumpsin theirheadsand jet-like musclesin theirbodies,are about to emergein numbersnot seenin decadesand possiblycenturies.Crawling outfrom undergroundevery13or17years,with acollective songas loudas jetengines,the periodical cicadas arenatures kingsof thecalendar.These blackbugs withbulging eyesdifferfrom theirgreener cousinsthat come out annually.They stayburied yearafter year,until theysurfaceand takeover alandscape.This spring,an unusualcicada doublepopulation is abouttoinvade acouple ofparts of the UnitedStatesin whatUniversity ofConnecticut cicadaexpert JohnCooley called“cicada-geddorT.The lasttimethese twobroods agroup ofcreatures cameout togetherwas in
1803.Thomas Jefferson,the then蝗虫.president,wrote aboutcicadas inhis GardenBook butmistakenly calledthem locustsUsuallymistaken forhungry andunrelated locusts,periodicalcicadas are moreannoying ratherthan causinggreateconomic damage.They canhurt youngtrees andsome fruit crops,but itsnot widespreadand canbeprevented.The largestgeographic broodin thenation—called BroodXIX andcoming outevery13years-isabout tomarch throughthe Southeast,having alreadycreated countlessboreholes in the redGeorgia clay.Its asure signof thecoming cicadaoccupation.They emergewhen theground warmsto64degrees,which ishappening earlierthan itused to because ofclimate changeJ scientistssaid.“The bugsare brownatfirst butdarken asthey mature.Soon afterthe insectsappear inlarge numbersin Georgiaand therest of the Southeast,cicadacousins thatcomeoutevery17years willinundate Illinois.They areBrood XIII.And whenyou putthosetwo together...you wouldhave morethan anywhereelse anyother time,“University ofMarylandentomologist PaulaShrewsbury said.These twobroods mayactually overlap-but probablynotinterbreed ina smallarea nearcentral Illinois.”
8.How areperiodicalcicadasdifferent fromtheir greenercousinsA.They appearonce ayear.B.They lookmore beautiful.C.They havestronger muscles.D.They havea longerlife circle.
9.What is a commonbelief onperiodical cicadasA.They area typeof locusts.B.They haveunderestimated advantages.C.They areThomas Jeffersonsinspiration.D.They onlyeat youngtrees andfruitcrops.
10.What canbe inferredabout BroodX IXA.The redGeorgia clayis morebeneficial tothem.B,Climate changemay beconfusing theirschedules.C.The adultones onlylive4-6weeks beforethey die.D.They areexpected to be foundthroughout theworld.
11.What canbest replacethe underlinedword“inundate in thelastparagraphA.Strike out.B.Give up.C.Flood into.D.Jump at.Every year,the JointMathomatics Meetingbrings morethan5,000math loverstogether.Its thelargestmath meeting in theworld.In January2019,mathematicians flewtothemeetinginBaltimore,Md.,to learnabout newideas andtalk abouttheir work.Many evencame toadmire thelatest inmathematicalart.The meetingincluded anentire artexhibition.Visitors feltamazed atsculptures madefrom metal,wood andfolded paper.One wasbased ona supersizedRubiks cube.Many liketriangles,were arrangedinstrange andsurprising sizesand colors.The collectionalso includeddrawings andpaintings inspiredby（曲线）the studyof numbers,curves andpatterns.Art and math mayseem likea strangepairing.People usuallyexperience artthrough theirsenses.They seea paintingor listento music.If thisart movesthem,they willhave anemotional response.Working at math problemsis usuallyviewed assomething youthink about-not feel.But connectionsbetweenthe twofields reachfar backin time.Sculptors andarchitects insome ancientcivilizationsincluded numbersandmathideas into their works.Henry Segermanisamathematician and artist.When hewas inhigh school,in England,he wasgoodatmathandart.But hehad tochoose.I wentinthemath directionback thenJ hesays.He thoughtitdifficult tosucceed asan artist.Still,Segerman^math studiesled himintothevisual areasof math,such asgeometry.In2015,Segerman andsome mathart friendscreated avirtual-reality artwork.Participants canput ona pairof VR（互动）goggles tofloat aroundand throughfour-dimensional shapes.Art makesit possibleto interactwiththese shapes,which wouldbe impossibleto createin ourthree-dimensional world.As beautifulas itis to see,Segerman^work alsooffers a new viewon mathematicalideas.
12.What distinguishesthe exhibitsat themeetingA.They areart workswith hightechnology.B.They reflectthe longhistory of math.C.They aremade basedon mathideas.D.They turnvisual artinto specificmath.
13.What doesthe underlinedsentence inparagraph3meanA.They seemextremely hardto appreciate.B,Theyre experiencedin differentways.C.Theyve beenseparated sinceancient times.D.They failto bringabout peoplesresponses.A.Math learningpromotes thecreation of art.B.Math makesart easierto understand.
14.What canwe learnfrom HenrySegermans storyC.Math isactually theorigin offine art.D.One canteasily succeedin math.
15.What isthe mainidea ofthetextA.Real artistswill standthe testofmath.B.Math andart turnsout agreat combination.C.Modern artiststurn intomathematicians.D.Artists makemath makea kindof art.Everyone knowsthat ittakes21days todevelop anew habit.We probablyowe thisparticularexample ofpop-psychology wisdomto MaxwellMaltz,the plasticsurgeon whoclaimed tohaveobserved thatindividuals whohad hadan armor legcut offtook anaverage ofonly21days toadjust to（肢体）.the lossofalimb
16.And thereforeit musttake21days tochangea habit,maybe,perhaps!17,asanew studyby psychologistPhillippa Lallyand hercolleagues helpsconfirm.On average,her subjects,who weretrying tolearn newhabits such as eatingfruit dailyor goingjogging,took adepressing66days beforereporting that the behaviourhad becomeunchangingly automatic.
18.It couldntbe justas easyto starteating afew moreapples asto startfindingfive hours a weekto studyChinese.Self-help culturesticks tothe fictionofthe21-day rule,probably becauseit makeshabit changesoundbasically easy.19・Our brainsare designed to takeshort cuts,making asmanybehaviours aspossible automatic.Really,asks thepsychologist IanNewby-Clark,“what wouldbethe pointof havinga habitthat didntfree upyour mindto fbcuson morepressing matters”Habits aremeanttobedifficult tochange.Another problemis thatwe tendto thinkabout habitchange wrongly.We want to,say,stop一watching somuch TV,but onthe otherhand,demonstrably,we alsowanttowatch lotsof TVafter all,we keepdoing it.Were stuckdeep inwhat theGreeks called“akrasiadeciding onthebestcourse ofaction,then doingsomething else.20・Simply stopwatching TVis likedealingwithaleaky bathroomtap byrepainting thekitchen.Whats requiredis analternative wayto feelrelaxedand happy.Maybe bylooking atthe problemdifferently wecan slipout ofthem.A.This is,ofcourse,nonsenseB.The21-day ruledoes havesome scientificbasisC.We believethat habits are purelya matterof willpowerD.The wayround thisisto see thathabitsareresponses toneedsE.Therefore,he reasonedthe samemust betrue ofall bigchangesF.And somehabits,unsurprisingly,were harderthan othersto makestickG.One problemwith thisis discouraginglysimple:changing habitsis hard
二、完形填空Gail Rodgers,66,lives ina Cincinnaticommunity thathas aprivate pool.When shenoticed thepoolcouldnt opendue toa shortage of21and heardthatthelocal residentsdidnt wanttoseethe pool22,she decidedto comeout ofretirement tobecome a lifeguardherself.The retiredIT consultanthad been23tobealifeguardover50years ago.Things arehugely24J（哨子）Rodgers said.The lifeguardsback thenwould sitinthechair andmight25the whistleoccasionallyto tellyou tostop runningaround.They werent26with flotationdevices;all theyhad wasawhistle.This timearound Rodgersneeded to27new skills,suchashowtorescue someonein different（）ways,and hadto passan28test.The testdesignedtotest whethera personisacertified lifeguardis no29,It（踩水），includes swimming300yards,treading waterand30a10-pound brickoff thebottomofthepool.31,through tirelessefforts,she earnedher32and officiallystarted asapart-time lifeguardon May
27.Now,she33when theother lifeguardsneedtime off.Gail Rodgersis provingthatyoudont havetobe34to makea positive35on yourcommunity.
21.A.coaches B,lifeguards C.students D.viewers
22.A.destroyed B・transformed C.closed D.decorated
23.A.trained B.claimed C.promised D.declined
24.A.important B.difficult C.different D.urgent
25.A.wave B.deliver C.hear D.blow
26.A.connected B.equipped C・concerned D.presented
27.A.create B.desire C-learn D.recognize
28.A.mental B.intelligent C・medical D.physical
29.A.joke B.fear C.surprise D.challenge
30.A.throwing B.grabbing C.packing D.touching
31.A.Moreover B.Hence C.Nevertheless D.Somewhat
32.A.certification B.passport C.patent D.ticket
33.A.runs awayB.fills inC.drops byD.sticks out
34.A.poor B.old C.strong D.young
35.A.impact B.suggestion C.impression D.comment
三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式1Zong Qinghou,the rags-to-riches founderof oneof China*s biggestbeverage makers,who wasonceChinas mostsuccessful man,died ofan illnesson Sundayattheageof79,his companyHangzhouWahaha Groupsaid in36brief statement.In China,Zong wasknown asa legendarybusinessman whogrew hissoft drinksempire fromatricycle carthawking icepops toschool kidsinto alarge company37sell everythingfrom milkdrinksto38bottle water.Zong wasalso recognizedasanational herofbr wrestlingthe fullcontrol ofWahaha,which meanslaughing child”,from itsFrench partnerDanone morethan adecade ago.Victory inthatbitter battleboosted Zongswealth to$8billion,making himChina*s39wealth man in2010and againin2012,according toForbes.吊唁His deathwas mournedacross China.Condolences pouredin fromremarkable Chinese40entrepreneur includingAlibaba co-founder JackMa andXiaomi CEOLei Jun.Wahaha employeesandresidents inthe easterncity ofHangzhou laidflowers outsidethe company.The beveragegiants risewas supposed41represent thecan-do spiritof Chinasfirst generationofprivate businessmanagers,who helpedaccelerate thecountrys explosive42economy growthin theyearsafter theycapitalized onmarket reformsinthelate1970s.Despite hiswealth,Zong wasknown forhis simplelifestyle,which sethim apartfrom manyofChinas newrich.He43nickname“the richestmanincloth shoes“for alwayssporting plainblackshoes.He wasalso knownfor startingwork around7a.m.44not leavingthe officeuntil11p.m.,workingfor morethan12hoursaday long45the tiring“996work schedulebecame common.
四、书信写作.假定你是李华，你的英国朋友写信邀请你寒假期间去伦敦游玩，你因故无法前往,请你46Jerry回信表达歉意，内容包括谢绝的理由；
1.提议暑假去拜访他
2.注意写作词数应为左右；
1.80请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答
2.Dear Jerry,Yours,Li Hua
五、书面表达阅读下面材料，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
47.“Have youdecided onyour major”my parentsinquired.。
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