金山区 ( A )
Playing a violin with three strings
On Nov.18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert. The audience sat quietly while he made his way across the stage to his chair and began his play. But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. We thought that he would have to stop the concert. (25) ________ everyone‘s expectation, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled (26) ________ conductor to begin again.
The orchestra began and he played with such passion and such power and such purity (27) ________ they had never heard before.
Of course, anyone knows that no one (28) ________ play a harmonious work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, (29) ________ that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. He smiled, wiped the sweat from his brow and then he said in a quiet, sacred tone, ―You know, sometimes it is the artist‘s task to find out how much music you can still make with (30) ________ you have left.‖
This powerful line has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it. And who knows? Perhaps that is the definition of life –not just for artists but for all of us.
He has prepared all his life to make music on a violin of four strings, but all of a sudden, in the middle of a concert, he finds himself with only three strings; so it is with three strings (31) ________ he makes music, and the music he made that night with just three strings was more memorable than any that (32) ________ (make) before.
( B )
Emoji — a small digital image or icon used to express an idea, emotion, etc. in electronic communications, are everywhere. The little illustrated characters that are on Smartphone keyboards (33) ________ (take) over the world now. There are shoes with emoji on them, pants with emoji on them, emoji stickers, emoji yoga, and the list goes on and on with no sign of ending. As emoji spreads into our culture, I‘ve actually heard the following question：Is emoji moving to replace the written word in communication?
To find out, I communicated by iMessage using only emoji for five days. That meant (34) ________ ________ someone sent me a text or I wanted to send a text, I could only use the popular tiny picture characters (35) ________ (respond) to or start a conversation.
I wasn‘t allowed to cheat by moving the conversation to Facebook or Twitter, etc., but I could send a phone emoji to indicate to the recipient of my texts that they should call me instead; I could not encourage the phone call myself. I wanted to see if it was (36) ________ (easy) than I expected it to be, yes, but I also wanted to see if I could influence (37) ________ I was communicating with to overthrow their use of text and start using emoji while talking to me.
(38) ________ (communicate) with emoji was a way more difficult than I expected. There were people who were annoyed with me. There were people who gave up after a few back-and –forths. There were missed messages, (39) ________ (mix) messages, and messed up plans. There were people who immediately just called my phone to get the conversation (40) ________ (move)
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faster. And there was my mother who doesn‘t have an iPhone and texts me often.
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静安区 (A)
Exploration of the Poles
The North Pole and South Pole are at the top and bottom of the Earth, (25)____________you won't find an actual pole to mark the place. The poles are the northernmost and southernmost points on the planet. The poles are the most unfriendly environments on Earth.
In the early 1900s, explorers competed to become the first (26)_________( reach ) the South Pole. From 1901 to 1904, British naval officer Robert Scott made the first attempt. Scott got(27)________ ( far ) south than anyone had been before, but he failed to reach the pole.
In 1909, Ernest Shackleton of Britain led an expedition across Antarctica on sleds pulled by dogs.
They were only about 100 miles ( about 160 kilometers ) from the South Pole (28)_______a shortage of food forced them to turn back.
Scott finally reached the South Pole in January 1912. But (29)_______ ( disappoint )Scott found that Roald Amundsen had beaten him by one month. Amundsen's expedition arrived at the pole in December 1911. Amundsen was (30)_________ experienced Arctic explorer, and he had made careful preparations. Scott and his companions died of injury, cold, and hunger on their return from the pole.
In 1914, Shackleton (31)_______ ( plan ) another expedition to the South Pole. But his ship was crushed by ice, and he had to cross 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) of freezing sea in a tiny boat to survive. Shackleton then returned to save his stranded men. It was one of the greatest rescue feats in history.
In 1929, Arctic explorer Richard Byrd became the first person who flew over the South Pole. Byrd later pioneered the idea of (32)________ ( set ) up permanent stations for scientific research in Antarctica. A station called the Amundsen-Scott Base has stood at the South Pole since 1977.
(B)
Teaching in front of a camera
Wageningen University is keen on developing forms of education that reach people all over the world. The basics of the course topics are covered in short films and three-minute to seven-minute presentations (33)____________( use ) techniques such as animation and voiceover（画外音 ).
The online Master's programmes are quite different from the large-scale MOOCs (在线课程 ), explains Busstra. In the Master's courses, the short \短片 ) dealing with
the essential topics (34) ________ ( link ) to an assignment directly to help the students actively
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absorb the knowledge themselves. Teachers can also use them to test (35)_______ the material has
come across well. Busstra says: \The teacher has to think up new ways of working-getting students to make a film clip, for instance, (36)____ ________ they present a research setup they have thought up themselves, or to respond to someone else's idea, or to work on a document in groups.\The students also get the chance to post a question while they are watching an online film---equivalent of putting your hand up during a lecture. Fellow students and teachers can then answer the question online. \Busstra, \one of them being (37)___________there is only one way communication.(3 8)_________people are gradually gaining confidence in it. It will stay typically Wageningen: small-scale and based on interaction and group work. \ .
The investment (39)________ online learning is paying off in the regular education programme too, according to Busstra. Students in Wageningen can pick up the basics at home through the knowledge clips. During lectures, teachers (40)__________ then provide more in-depth analysis, talk about their own work and supervise students more personally. \online education will no longer be two separate worlds, \
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闵行区 (A)
A few years ago ,MaxineBedat looked in her closet. It was full of clothes, but she had nothing to wear. ―That was(25)it was a closet full of fast fashion based on hyper-trends(超时尚)from one season to the next,‖said Maxine.
―Fast fashion‖ means clothes which are inexpensive but look like(26)(late)designs from top fashion houses.One reason for the success of the fast fashion is rise of the social media. A report found that Millennials(千禧一代)want to wear a variety of clothes in the photos they post on social media. As a result, many businesses which offer trendy and low-cost clothes grow quickly. However, some Millennials are not happy with the rise of fast fashion. Maxine was tired of always shopping for(27)was in style. Instead, she wanted to buy fewer clothes she could wear over and over. So Maxine started a ―show fashion‖clothing company called Zady. The clothe it sells often feature classic colors and shapes,and are made from natural materials.
The international business H&M,one of the best-known fast fashion brands, has another approach to ―slow fashion.‖It has created a recycling program for clothes,(28)
invites people to bring clothes the no longer want to H&M stores.Shoppers who donate old clothes can receive(29)discount on new things they buy. After that,H&M dose several things with shoppers‘ old clothes.Some of them are sold again.Some are turned into other useful items. And the rest(30)(reduce) to fiber (纤维制品)that can be reused as building materials.
Here(31)(come) stylish but sustainable fashion. Are you ready to move over fast fashion?
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(B)
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. (32) (Expect) a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. ―This will be a walk in the park,‖ he‘d told his wife. ―I‘ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.‖
Things started well, but just after eight o‘clock, his three little ―good kids‖—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted ―breakfast, daddy.‖ When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex‘s head(33)it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat（节拍）. Mike chanted ―Where‘s my toast, where‘s my toast‖ in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.
Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy‘s underwear on his head. Randy locked(35) in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks,(36) they were before their very eyes. Someone(37) (name)―Not Me‖ had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.
By ten o‘clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared(38)(draw) a picture quietly in the family room，but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and(39) (read) would be impossible.
At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre .―I suddenly have to go into work and my wife‘s away. (40)I bring the boys over in a few minutes?‖ The answer was obviously ―yes‖ because Brad was smiling.
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浦东新区 (A)
A dentist‘s office may not be everyone‘s idea of a perfect holiday destination. But a growing number of people are traveling abroad for medical treatment, (25)____(create) a fast-growing market that is still largely undeveloped by traditional tour operators.
The global medical tourism market is worth $40 billion to $60 billion and (26)____(grow) at about 20 percent per year, according to Helmut Wachowiak, an expert on tourism management.
Some countries such as Germany market themselves as a destination for medical tourism. According to the German National Tourist Board, about 77,000 foreign patients (27)____(treat) in the country in 2010, spending 930 million euros.
____Hospital Operator Helios can do is to help organize visas, hotel and sight-seeing trips for patients coming to Germany for treatment, mostly from Russian-speaking countries and the Middle East. ― Many patients specifically choose a city (29)____ they can enjoy what the place
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